<div dir="ltr"><div>Well this is truly bizarre. There's nothing I can think of that would or should account for the lat/lon coordinate swapping between the two machines (unless the shapefile_utils.ncl files are different across the two machines). Things work as expected for me. Unfortunately, without access to something like machine #2 that exhibits the behavior, I personally have no way of drilling down further to find out what the problem is. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Not that this helps solve the problem, but I'm curious if the x/y coordinates are really juxtaposed; on machine #2:</div><div><br></div><div> f=addfile("file_gor_2011.shp","r")</div><div> print(f->x + " " + f->y)</div><div><br></div><div>Do those values look like they are swapped?</div><div><br></div><div>I wish I had a better answer for you :-/</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:37 AM S Br <<a href="mailto:sbr.climate@gmail.com">sbr.climate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Rick,</div><div>The below are the details.</div><div><br></div><div>uname -a</div><div>Computer#1</div><div>Linux sbclim 4.15.0-128-generic #131-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 9 06:57:35 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br></div><div>Computer#2<br></div><div>Linux sbclim 3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 25 17:23:54 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br></div><div><br></div><div>ls -l file_gor_2011.shp<br></div><div>Computer#1<br></div><div>-rw-r--r-- 1 climdir env 413276 Dec 8 16:11 file_gor_2011.shp<br></div><div>Computer#2<br></div><div>-rw-r--r-- 1 climdir users 413276 Jan 5 10:54 file_gor_2011.shp<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please find attached here the shape files.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>SB</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 2:37 PM Rick Brownrigg <<a href="mailto:brownrig@ucar.edu" target="_blank">brownrig@ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>That result is very strange indeed. What are computers 1 and 2, i.e., what is the output of:</div><div><br></div><div> uname -a</div><div><br></div><div>And just to be certain, what is the output of this on each computer:</div><div><br></div><div> cd ...to-directory-where-file_gor_2011.shp-resides....</div><div> ls -l file_gor_2011.shp</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, can you send me file_gor_2011.shp (recall that means the .sph, .shx, .dbf files)?</div><div><br></div><div>Rick<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 5:53 AM S Br via ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu" target="_blank">ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Dave,</div><div>Thanks for your reply. </div><div>I have now compared the diagnostic results between the two computers and the below are the results.</div><div><b>Computer#1:</b></div><div>(0) ======================================================================<br>(0) Filename: "file_gor_2011.shp"<br>(0) Geometry type: polygon<br>(0) # of features: 1<br>(0) Min/max lat: 51.29/ 51.69<br>(0) Min/max lon: -0.51/ 0.33<br>(0) Variable names and their types:<br>(0) geometry : integer<br>(0) segments : integer<br>(0) x : double<br>(0) y : double<br>(0) label : string<br>(0) name : string<br>(0) code : string<br>(0) ======================================================================<br></div><div><b>Computer#2:</b><br></div><div>(0) ======================================================================<br>(0) Filename: "file_gor_2011.shp"<br>(0) Geometry type: polygon<br>(0) # of features: 1<br>(0) Min/max lat: -0.51/ 0.33<br>(0) Min/max lon: 51.29/ 51.69<br>(0) Variable names and their types:<br>(0) geometry : integer<br>(0) segments : integer<br>(0) x : double<br>(0) y : double<br>(0) label : string<br>(0) name : string<br>(0) code : string<br>(0) ======================================================================<br></div><div><br></div><div>I could see in one computer (computer#2 above) that the latitude values are replacing the longitude values and vice versa, and that may be the reason the country outlines are not displaying here.</div><div><br></div><div>Could you please suggest how to solve this issue? I am using the same data, scripts and only difference is the computer.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div>SB</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 5:30 PM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <<a href="mailto:dave.allured@noaa.gov" target="_blank">dave.allured@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>It would be better to apply debugging techniques to narrow down the problem, rather than to speculate as to the cause. Use <b>addfile</b> to see if NCL can read the shapefile. Use diagnostic print statements to examine the shapefile structure in memory. Use <b>gsn_add_polygon</b> to see if NCL can draw a simple outline.</div><div><br></div><div>To understand the structure, refer to the shapefile documentation at the top of the NCL shapefiles example page. That mentions a special procedure <b>print_shapefile_info</b> which will print additional useful details. Compare diagnostic results between your two computers. Good luck.</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 1:16 AM S Br via ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu" target="_blank">ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div>I am trying to plot a figure using the shapefile. Everything is working fine with the NCL script but it doesn't draw the country outline given as a shapefiles. However, the same script works fine in another computer and draws the required country outline using the shapefile.<br><div>What could be the possible reason that the NCL script works fine but fails to draw the country outline using shapefiles without showing any error?</div><div><br></div><div>Both the computers are installed with the NCL 6.6.2.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div>SB</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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