>
> Hi,
>
> I've been countourplots over maps. There I recognized, that the borders
> of the european countries are quite outdated, i.e. Germany is still
> parted in two, which isn't true any longer (1990).
>
> Does there exist another, newer map-database?
>
> Regards,
>
> Heiko
Dear Heiko,
The default map database used by NCL is indeed somewhat out-of-date.
You can get a more up-to-date map by setting the "mpDataBaseVersion"
resource to "Ncarg4_1".
If you are using gsn* calls to plot your data, then you would do this
as follows:
res = True ; Create variable to hold resource list.
.
. ; Set other resources as needed
.
res@mpDataBaseVersion = "Ncarg4_1"
contour = gsn_contour_map(wks,data,res)
For more information on creating higher-resolution maps, please see:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/csm/support/CSM_Graphics/coast.shtml
For information on the mpDataBaseVersion resource, see:
http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ref/hlu/obj/MapPlot.res.html#mpDataBaseVersion
--Mary
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