Re: paleo_outline() and "mpDataSetName" problem with the new version 4.2.0.a034

Hi Mary,

Thanks for replying me. As you may noticed in my code, "neo_2x2.lines"
and "neo_2x2.names" are created by paleo_outline() in the current
directory every time the code is run. I am sure the map files I have
been using were no in directory "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database" before,
because they were all created by myself, including the data file
'neo_orography_2x2.nc' (it has only 0s and 1s in it), but there was no
problem before running the code. I am not allowed to copy those files to
the directory "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database" of our server, so I
cannot test if that will work, but I hope there will be another way to
work this out since I may change the map many times.

Thanks,
Yonggang

Mary Haley wrote:
> Dear Yonggang Liu,
>
> This particular map is not a part of the NCL distribution. It looks like
> somebody made a customized map database for you (or your site) that
> contains a map of the Neoproterozoic era, and then the files associated
> with this customized map were not copied over with the new installation
> of NCL. Generally, these custom files would be in the directory
> "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database" and called "neo_2x2.lines" and
> "neo_2x2.names".
>
> However you are loading this database with:
>
> "mpDataSetName" : "./neo_2x2"
>
> and the "./" (I think) means that it will look for the files in your
> current working directory.
>
> So, you might want to check with the person who installed the new
> version of NCL on your system and ask if they forgot to copy these
> "neo_2x2" files over, or find out if they were supposed to be in some
> other directory that perhaps got clobbered or moved.
>
> Good luck,
>
> --Mary
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 1, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Yonggang Liu wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My code was working under version 4.2.0.a033, but it stopped working
>> after NCL on the server was upgraded to 4.2.0.a034. The code is below,
>> trying to plot a map of Neoproterozoic (~600Ma) time. The orography
>> file was created by myself from a database somewhere also from NCAR.
>> The problem will appear when the code is running to the line
>>
>> "mpDataSetName" : "./neo_2x2"
>>
>> then it will stuck there, without giving any error message. I also
>> tried another orography file, the same thing happened again.
>>
>> I have no idea how to fix this because there is no error message. Can
>> any one help me on this. Many of my scripts are dependent on this
>> function.
>>
>>
>>
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl"
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>> ;************************************************
>>
>> begin
>>
>> in = addfile("neo_orography_2x2.nc","r")
>> oro=in->oro(0,:,:)
>> latmp=in->lat
>> lonmp=in->lon
>> paleo_outline(oro,latmp,lonmp,1.,"neo_2x2")
>>
>> wks = gsn_open_wks("ps","oro_test"); open a ps file
>> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"gui_default")
>>
>> vpXF = 0.2 ; make plot bigger
>> vpYF = 0.8
>> vpWidthF = 0.6
>> vpHeightF = 0.6
>> mapangle = 30
>>
>> bp = create "baseplot" mapPlotClass wks
>> "mpProjection" : "Mollweide"
>> "mpPerimOn" : True
>> "mpLimitMode" : "MaximalArea"
>> "mpDataSetName" : "./neo_2x2"
>> "mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF" : 2.0
>>
>> end create
>> draw(bp)
>> frame(wks)
>>
>> end
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Received on Sun Apr 01 2007 - 17:38:02 MDT