Re: country and state boundaries

[Patrick Brockmann <brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jozef SYKTUS wrote:
> I would like to display state and country political
> boundaries for
> Australia in my plots. I would greatly appreciate your help with
> hints how to prooceed with this.
Hi,

Look at this server
http://crusty.er.usgs.gov/coast/getcoast.html
And process as follows:
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1) Select the database you want.
2) Select Mapgen as Coast Format Options
3 ) Submit your request
4) Save the data file
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5) With your favorite editor, change
# -b    to -1E+34 -1E+34
With Vi editor, type:
:1,%s/#  -b/-1E+34 -1E+34/g
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6) Note the number of lines
wc -l <filename>
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7) With Ferret:
def axis/x=1:<number of lines>:1 vector_length
def grid/x=vector_length vector_grid
file/var=lon,lat/g=vector_grid france.dat
plot/vs/line lon,lat
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8) Add rivers or/and polical boundaries from other files
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9) You get:
See attached file:
 

Hope that what you were looking for.
Patrick

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