<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi Arlindo,</div><div><br></div><div><div>This is the technique I have worked out for high quality KML ouput. I export a dummy kml file + small tiff using gxout kml just for the Google Earth GroundOverlay <LatLonBox> coordinates. Then I use printim command to export a larger image in a format like TIFF or PNG.</div><div><br></div><div>Then I replace the reference in the KML file from the low resolution tiff to the new image on the line:</div><div> <href>base_kml.tif</href></div><div><br></div><div>Also in my experience Google Earth doesn't respect the transparency in GrADS TIFF or GIF exports but does in PNG exports.</div><div><br></div><div>You can change the image format of the high resolution output to either PNG, TIFF, etc.. by changing the file extension in the command:</div><div>printim full_rez.<b>png</b> x2048 y1024 -t 0</div><div><br></div><div>Attached are two Grads Scripts. The script <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; "><b>kml_plot_with_countries.gs</b> will plot <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">political boundary </span>outlines in the exported image. The script <b>kml_plot_no_outlines.gs</b> disables <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">political boundary </span>outlines with the grads command <b>set mpdraw off</b>. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Andrew Hazelden</div><div>Weather Enthusiast</div></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Arlindo Meque wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><br>Dear all,<br> <br>I’m trying to obtain a relief map in TIFF format from the GTOP data. I used the built-in command KML to produce the map:<br> <br>Set kml relief<br>Set gxout kml <br>d varname<br> <br> But the size of the map is too small and the political boundaries are not shown in the map. <br> <br>Is there a way to make bigger the map and to have the political boundaries therein?<br> <br>Please find attached the output I am getting. <br> <br>Sincerely,<br> <br>Arlindo <br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></font></div></blockquote></div></body></html>