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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Dear Dave,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Thank you so much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">I read and test the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">shapefiles_13.
It seems very suitable for my needs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">However, the USA shapefile in the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">shapefiles_13
is invalid now. And I downloaded the shp from </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.weather.gov/source/gis/Shapefiles/County/s_08mr23.zip" id="LPlnk853101"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">https://www.weather.gov/source/gis/Shapefiles/County/s_08mr23.zip</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,
which doesn't match with the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2 ContentPasted3" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">shapefiles_13</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2 ContentPasted3" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1 ContentPasted2 ContentPasted3" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Thus,
I am still revising the script and trying to understand the function more.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="elementToProof"><font style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Anyway, thank you so much for your help.</span></font></div>
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<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="elementToProof"><font style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Best,</span></font></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <dave.allured@noaa.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 6 April 2023 9:32 pm<br>
<b>To:</b> LIU Chang <cliucv@connect.ust.hk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ncl-talk@ucar.edu <ncl-talk@ucar.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] question about location via ncl</font>
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<div>Cecelia, please see NCL example <b>shapefiles_13</b>, and the NCL function <b>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 9:36 PM LIU Chang via ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu">ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Dear NCL friends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">I have a question about locating the point in which region in a shapefile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">If I have some points with lat and lon information, and a country shapefile with its province information, may I get to know these points locate in which provinces?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">The attachment is my shapefile and some points information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">It would be really appreciated i</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline">f you could give me any suggestions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline">Thank you so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline">Best regards,</span></div>
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