Re: [ferret_users] plotting magnitude dependent symbols over 2D plot

["William S. Kessler" <william.s.kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

This is what POLYMARK does:

shade/options/nokey [your_map_data]
! if your positions are variables "xlon,ylat", and the magnitudes to  
be colored are "mag"
go polymark poly/over/nolab/fill/key/pal=[palette] xlon ylat mag  
circle 0.3

You have a choice of symbol shape (here "circle") and size (final  
argument). See the manual under polymark for a list of available shapes.

Complications are that xlon,ylat,mag must all be single-dimension  
lists in the same shape/size. Perhaps force this by "xsequence(xlon)"  
or "xsequence(xlon[j=1:40])" etc.

POLYMARK is very flexible for overlaying symbols and shapes on maps.

Billy K

On May 23, 2014, at 11:22 , Paul Goddard wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am attempting to plot ~40 points on top of a 2D shaded map. These  
> points represent magnitude of sea level rise at x,y coordinate. They  
> vary in magnitude. I would like to "overlay" the 40 points on the  
> shaded map. Furthermore, it would be great if I can "control" the  
> color of the points depending on their magnitude and also plot the  
> associated colorbar.  Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul Goddard