<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Andale Mono; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Thanks for the reply.<div>But MeteoInfo seems to be a different tool than GrADS. I wonder if GrADS can use shape also for maskout or other statistical operations.</div><div><br></div><div>Francesco<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>Da: </b>"Yaqiang Wang" <yaqiang.wang@gmail.com><br><b>A: </b>"piani" <piani@lamma.rete.toscana.it><br><b>Inviato: </b>Martedì, 28 giugno 2011 16:04:14<br><b>Oggetto: </b>Re: [gradsusr] Info about shape files<br><br>Hi Francesco,<br><br>1. Shape files could be used as maskout layer in MeteoInfo which is free avaliable at http://www.esnips.com/web/MeteoInfo . You can even use one or more shapes in a shape file as maskout through output the shapes to a .wmp file. In this way, the plot will be masked exactly by the border lines of the shapes. <br><br>2. With MeteoInfo, you can output the shapes of a shape file to a maskout grid data which could be used in maskout() function of GrADS.<br><br>The detailed information could be found in the help document of MeteoInfo. Only polygon shape files are valid for above application. <br><br>Best Regards!<br>Yaqiang Wang<br><br>**************************************************<br>Dr. Yaqiang Wang<br>Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS)<br>46, Zhong-Guan-Cun South Avenue<br>Beijing, 100081<br>China<br> <br>yaqiang.wang@gmail.com<br>***************************************************<br>2011-06-28<br><br>======= 2011-06-28 18:17:36 In your letter：=======<br><br>>Hi all. <br>>I'm working with shapefiles and I would like to know if it's possible to use them for other operations than draw and write. In particular, is there a way to use with maskout()? <br>><br>><br>>Thanks in advance. <br>><br>><br>>Francesco <br>>_______________________________________________<br>>gradsusr mailing list<br>>gradsusr@gradsusr.org<br>>http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr<br>><br><br>= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>