<div dir="ltr">Thank you Mary! The MediumRes works pretty good, however, I was hoping to test out the RANGS database for this particular data map. I will give the shapefiles a try. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Mary Haley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:haley@ucar.edu" target="_blank">haley@ucar.edu</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_default" style="font-size:small">The RANGS database does not work for global data. Our documentation didn't make this clear, which I've tried to fix.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you really want better coastlines for global data, I suggest first trying:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> res@mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If this doesn't give you want you need, then I suggest using shapefiles. You can get the GSHHS/RANGS data base as a shapefile from:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/data/gshhg/latest/" target="_blank">http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/data/gshhg/latest/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Then use "gsn_add_shapefile_polylines" to attach the shapefile outlines to your plot. There are several shapefiles provided in the zipped file, so you'll have to look at the README file to decide which one you want.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I've attached an NCL script that you can use to compare three different sets of map outlines.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">--Mary</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Kyle Griffin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ksgriffin2@wisc.edu" target="_blank">ksgriffin2@wisc.edu</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">Hi Micah,<div><br></div><div>I don't know the specifics of how the RANGS maps are drawn, but I wonder if this change in 6.2.0 has something to do with it? I might be completely off-base here as well.</div><div><a href="http://ncl.ucar.edu/prev_releases.shtml#ChangesToMapDrawingBehavior6.2.0" target="_blank">http://ncl.ucar.edu/prev_releases.shtml#ChangesToMapDrawingBehavior6.2.0</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kyle</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------<div>Kyle S. Griffin</div><div>Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences</div><div>University of Wisconsin - Madison</div><div>Room 1421</div><div>1225 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:ksgriffin2@wisc.edu" target="_blank">ksgriffin2@wisc.edu</a></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Micah Sklut <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:micahs2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">micahs2005@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">I noticed, when using the RANGS coastline database, I see some odd things in the northern latitudes (white lines that go across the globe. I am plotting a Mercator projection. In contrast, when I plot using Ncarg_1, everything looks normal. <div><br></div><div>Please see the attached image. I am doing a mapFill in white over the data. Please see the attached image. <span><font color="#888888"><div><div><br></div>-- <br>Micah Sklut<br><br>
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