Bill,<br>The problem is that my panel sizes can change easily with different runs of the script. What I tried to do was to compute the aspect ratio of the parea, then use a proportion relationship (assuming I used the same latitude range) to determine how I should restrict my longitude range. Unfortunately that did not work. Anyway, I tried 'set mproj scaled' and that seems to work. I can deal with the minor distortion.<br>
<br>Thanks.<br><br>Jeff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Bill Reilly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill_reilly@compuserve.com">bill_reilly@compuserve.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Jeff:<br>
<br>
It takes a bunch of trial and error if you need the plots to have the<br>
EXACT aspect ratio... if it doesn't have to be exact you can 'set mproj<br>
scaled' which will fill the entire plotting area with the map... either<br>
way you need to either try a bunch of plots and adjust the lat/lon range<br>
until you're happy, or come up with a formula to use to determine the<br>
lat to lon ratio that fits into your parea.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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On 12/9/2011 6:25 AM, Jeff Duda wrote:<br>
> >From the description of the parea command:<br>
><br>
> "Maps are scaled to fit within the plotting area such that their<br>
> correct aspect ratio is maintained. Thus, the map will not fill the<br>
</div>> entire plotting area /except under certain lat/lon ranges/. A line<br>
<div class="im">> graph or a contour plot without a map will be scaled to fit entirely<br>
> within the specified plotting area."<br>
><br>
> How do I determine what lat/lon range that will be?<br>
><br>
> Jeff Duda<br>
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