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

Dave Brown told me this bug was introduced after 4.2.0.a033 was
released, but we didn't know about it until after a034 was released.

It has been fixed and the next release of NCL (4.3.0) will contain
this fix.

If you use paleo_outline and would like to try this new version, send
me a personal email, along with the output from "uname -a".

--Mary

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Mary Haley wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> From Nan's email, it sounds like the newest version of NCL (4.3.0) may fix
> the problem. The paleo_outline routine itself has not changed since before
> version 4.2.0.a033 was released, so I'm not sure what's causing the problems.
> I will try to find a code to run locally so I can at least verify that it
> works with 4.3.0 and why.
>
> --Mary
>
> On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Nan Rosenbloom wrote:
>
>> Hi Mary -
>>
>> This is the same paleo_outline problem that we have seen before. I get
>> around it by using ncl.new. I just tested ncl 4.2.0.a34
>> locally and it hangs, just as Yonggang Liu experienced. When I use ncl.new
>> the code runs fine.
>>
>> nanr
>>
>> 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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