<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/scripts/makebg.gs">ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/scripts/makebg.gs</a></div><div><br></div><div>This script shows you how the topographic background maps that are used on wxmaps.org are made with GrADS. This script requires an OPeNDAP-enabled version of GrADS and the Image Magick routine 'composite' (which is the new name for the old routine 'combine'). You can also try it with higher resolution topo data under <a href="http://monsoondata.org:9090/dod/topo/">http://monsoondata.org:9090/dod/topo/</a>.</div><br><div><div>Jennifer</div><div><br></div><div>On Mar 14, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Karagiannidis Sakis wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Dear GrADS users.<br><br>I'm trying to create a background topography for my maps. I'm ploting<br>data from grib files with GrADS. No luck yet. Can anyone help me with this?<br>I must say that i would be satisfied even if i could colour land and sea<br>with different colours.<br><br>Thanx in advance.<br><br>--<br>Athanasios F. Karagiannidis<br>Physicist, MSc Meteorology and Climatology<br>Department of Meteorology and Climatology<br>School of Geology - A.U.Th.<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:thankar@geo.auth.gr">thankar@geo.auth.gr</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Jennifer M. Adams</div><div>IGES/COLA</div><div>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</div><div>Calverton, MD 20705</div><div><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>