<div dir="ltr">Hi Mary,<div><br></div><div>I think the change makes sense. Just to clarify, it sounds like this only kicks in if "National" or "AllBoundaries" is selected?</div><div><br></div><div>Two related feature requests... </div><div>1) Can the default database be somehow dependent on mp(Min/Max)(Lat/Lon)F? i.e., use higher res when zoomed in at some threshold?</div><div>2) Could gsn_csm_contour_map and its siblings default mp(Min/Max)(Lat/Lon)F to the bounds of the data?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for all you do to make NCL great!</div><div><br></div><div>Carl</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:29 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:u.utku.turuncoglu@be.itu.edu.tr" target="_blank">u.utku.turuncoglu@be.itu.edu.tr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Mary,<br>
<br>
Thanks for letting us about this change. In my opinion, the coastline of<br>
global map is fine and there is no need to add more detail to it. For<br>
regional one, i think that lower-left one (v6.4.0) seems reasonable too. I<br>
am personally using the highest resolution dataset (Earth..4) for all my<br>
regional plots. Yes, it takes time but the results are more professional<br>
and ready for publication. The file size could be an issue but i newer<br>
check the size of the produced files created by different datasets. Of<br>
course, it depends on the application. If you want to quick look to the<br>
results of the dataset than lower resolution could be fine in that case.<br>
Anyway, i am also using shape files regularly and the current version of<br>
NCL is doing resolvable well about it but i am still open to new features<br>
:)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
--ufuk<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
> I'm writing to get the NCL advisory group's opinions on a somewhat<br>
> significant change we plan to make in NCL Version 6.4.0.<br>
><br>
> As you may know, the default map database in NCL is the "LowRes" database,<br>
> which is woefully out-of-date. We get the feeling that people tend to use<br>
> the "MediumRes" database if they turn on political outlines or if they<br>
> zoom<br>
> in on regional areas.<br>
><br>
> For the NCL V6.4.0 release, we propose making the "MediumRes" map database<br>
> the default one that is used if the user specifies any map boundaries<br>
> other<br>
> than the default "Geophysical" boundaries.<br>
><br>
> We originally thought about making the "MediumRes" map database the<br>
> default<br>
> in all cases, but when we ran some timing tests we saw a 57% increase in<br>
> time across our graphics test suite (this included global and regional<br>
> plots). We then decided that perhaps the default should only be changed in<br>
> the case where the user requests map outlines other than geophysical<br>
> outlines.<br>
><br>
> We also considered making the "Earth..4" database subset of the<br>
> "MediumRes"<br>
> database the default, because it has much nicer outlines than the default<br>
> "Earth..2". However, this caused a 300% increase in time, and a<br>
> significant<br>
> increase in the size of the graphics output files.<br>
><br>
> I've attached a script and some sample images so you can see what the<br>
> different databases look like. I used "Germany" as the focal area of<br>
> interest, since the "LowRes" database still has the East/West dividing<br>
> line<br>
> <cringe>.<br>
><br>
> In a future release of NCL, we plan to incorporate shapefile outlines more<br>
> seamlessly. The changes we are proposing now are just a small step to<br>
> improve the NCL maps until then.<br>
><br>
> We would welcome any comments, positive or negative, regarding this<br>
> proposal. I will likely post this to ncl-talk before too long, but wanted<br>
> to get this group's thoughts first.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your time,<br>
><br>
> --Mary<br>
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