<div dir="ltr">Andrew,<div><br></div><div>I did exactly as you did, and the Alaska county lines drew. However, that may be because my shapefile is in my SupportData.</div><div><br></div><div>Did you remember to unzip the shapefile before drawing? Also, I'm not sure why you did the 'set shp...' command. That one is used for creating, not drawing, a shapefile. Perhaps your action overwrote the shapefile you downloaded and thus you may be drawing temperature contours, not county lines.</div><div><br></div><div>Try it again without the 'set shp' and instead use something like the following before the draw shp command:</div><div>set line 1 (you may need to use 0 or a different color if your map background is reversed)</div><div>set shpopts -1</div><div>draw shp...</div><div><br></div><div>Stephen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Revering <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@f5data.com" target="_blank">andy@f5data.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Thanks for the link Stephen.</div><div>I tried the file but still doesn't draw. On the same map I used Admin98 and it drew the Yukon Territory no problem. I also tried putting these shape files into the same path as admin98 but no luck.</div><div><br></div><div><span class=""><div>open gfs003.ctl</div><div>Scanning description file: gfs003.ctl</div><div>Data file gfs003.grib is open as file 1</div><div>LON set to 0 360</div><div>LAT set to -90 90</div><div>LEV set to 1 1</div></span><div>Time values set: 2016:8:17:9 2016:8:17:9</div><span class=""><div>E set to 1 1</div><div><br></div></span><div>ga-> set lon -179.8 -127.2</div><div>LON set to -179.8 -127.2</div><div>ga-> set lat 50.9 73.9</div><div>LAT set to 50.9 73.9</div><div><br></div><div>ga-> set shp cb_2015_us_county_500k.shp</div><div>Shapefile output file name root: cb_2015_us_county_500k.shp</div><div>Shapefile output type: line</div><div>Shapefile format string is %12.6f</div><div>ga-> d tmp2m</div><div>Contouring: 264 to 291 interval 3</div><div><br></div><div>ga-> draw shp admin98<br></div><div>ga-> draw shp cb_2015_us_county_500k.shp</div><span class=""><div>ga-> printim test.png</div><div>Created PNG file test.png</div><div><br></div></span></div><div>result: <a href="http://f5data.net/test.png" target="_blank">http://f5data.net/<wbr>test.png</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:37:48 -0400<span class=""><br>
From: Stephen McMillan <<a href="mailto:smcmillan@planalytics.com" target="_blank">smcmillan@planalytics.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Drawing Shape Files<br>
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Hi Andrew,<br>
<br>
There are quite a number of sources for shapefiles, including US counties.<br>
Here's one that might be useful:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/cbf_counties.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.census.gov/geo/map<wbr>s-data/data/cbf/cbf_counties.<wbr>html</a><br>
<br>
Above link has three different resolutions. Just download and unzip to<br>
wherever you keep your shapefiles. I tried the "500k" resolution and it<br>
includes Alaska counties, so maybe it will suit your needs. Be sure to<br>
read the data description on the web page for appropriateness and any<br>
limitations.<br>
<br>
Good luck--<br>
Stephen Mc<br></span></blockquote></div></div></div>
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