[ncl-talk] Problem with plotting Indian map

gibies george gibies at tropmet.res.in
Mon Sep 5 07:23:01 MDT 2016


Dear Soumik,

Here I am attaching a shapefile(JammuKashmir.shp (1K)
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=b170c7b471&view=att&th=156fa7fea3a6dab0&attid=0.1&disp=safe&realattid=f_isq2opkj0&zw>)
and mask file(JammuKashmir.nc (70K)
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=b170c7b471&view=att&th=156fa80281ce4a40&attid=0.2&disp=safe&realattid=f_isq2p1441&zw>)
of Jammu-Kashmir.

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On 3 September 2016 at 02:16, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Soumik,
>
> I don't think we have a way to draw the disputed boundaries. I suggest
> that you find a shapefile that has these boundaries, and then you can use
> gsn_add_shapefile_polylines to draw them.
>
> See example shapefiles_8.ncl at:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/shapefiles.shtml#ex8
>
> This shows you how to draw shapefile outlines of India using shapefiles
> downloaded from gadm.org. I'm not sure these contain the disputed areas
> you want, but you should try googling for that.
>
> I googled "disputed areas in India shapefile" and found the following link:
>
> http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/50m-cultural-
> vectors/50m-admin-0-breakaway-disputed-areas/
>
> I didn't follow the link, but hopefully you can download a shapefile, and
> use shapefiles_8.ncl to help you draw it.
>
> As for your second question, see the polyg_9.ncl example at:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/polyg.shtml#ex9
>
> This shows how to do these divisions via an ASCII file (which may be
> similar to yours), or a shapefile.
>
> --Mary
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Soumik Basu <sbasu at alaska.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello NCL users,
>>
>> I plotted a figure using NCL with Indian state boundaries for a journal
>> publication. The reviewers want me to draw the whole state of Kashmir i.e.
>> including the disputed parts. It is a criminal offense in India to show
>> wrong map of the country.
>>
>> So, my question is how do I include the disputed parts? Is there any way
>> to do it in ncl?
>>
>> I am attaching the map that I have. They want this:
>>
>> http://www.indmaps.com/images/india.gif
>>
>> My second question is how can I draw the meteorological sub-divisions of
>> India over contour plot  in NCL using coordinates from an ascii file. The
>> ascii file containing the coordinates was prepared for grads I think.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Soumik
>>
>> --
>> --
>> "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important
>> thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
>>
>> ************************************************************
>> **************************************
>> Dr. Soumik Basu
>> Post Doctoral Fellow, International Arctic Research Center, UAF,
>> Fairbanks, AK, USA
>> Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
>> PhD in Atmospheric Sciences
>> M.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences
>> Email: suvro05 at gmail.com
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