[ncl-talk] Problem with plotting Indian map

[Mary Haley]

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
>
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