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Hi, Andrew —
<div>You’ve gotten a lot of good help from other users on this question. The only thing I can add is that maybe it’s a longitude wrapping issue. Try testing with the output from ‘q shp’ — this returns a list of all the polygons in the file and some metadata
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<div><font face="Courier" style="font-size: 14px;">ga-> q shp admin98</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" style="font-size: 14px;">Shapefile Type=Polygon #Shapes=2604 XBounds=-180:180 YBounds=-90:83.6236</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" style="font-size: 14px;">0: Polygon parts=1 vertices=19 XBounds=-70.0633:-69.8733 YBounds=12.4111:12.6311 ZBounds=0:0 MBounds=0:0 </font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" style="font-size: 14px;">1: Polygon parts=2 vertices=48 XBounds=-61.8911:-61.6664 YBounds=16.9897:17.725 ZBounds=0:0 MBounds=0:0 </font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" style="font-size: 14px;">2: Polygon parts=1 vertices=462 XBounds=69.9325:74.9157 YBounds=35.4396:38.4721 ZBounds=0:0 MBounds=0:0 </font></div>
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<div>If the XBounds are defined from -180 to 180 and you are drawing 0 to 360, you may not see all the shapes. </div>
<div>—Jennifer</div>
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<div>On Aug 17, 2016, at 4:10 PM, Andrew Revering <<a href="mailto:andy@f5data.com">andy@f5data.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<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>
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<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>
<div>Time values set: 2016:8:17:9 2016:8:17:9</div>
<div>E set to 1 1</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>ga-> draw shp admin98<br>
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<div>ga-> draw shp cb_2015_us_county_500k.shp</div>
<div>ga-> printim test.png</div>
<div>Created PNG file test.png</div>
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<div>result: <a href="http://f5data.net/test.png">http://f5data.net/test.png</a></div>
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:37:48 -0400<br>
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Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Drawing Shape Files<br>
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Hi Andrew,<br>
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There are quite a number of sources for shapefiles, including US counties.<br>
Here's one that might be useful:<br>
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<a href="https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/cbf_counties.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.census.gov/geo/<wbr>maps-data/data/cbf/cbf_<wbr>counties.html</a><br>
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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>
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Good luck--<br>
Stephen Mc<br>
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