Re: NCL vs. GrADS plotting performance

You are right, of course. We should find a way to more prominently
discuss the pros and cons of each plotting method, and
the tweaks like "cnRasterSmoothingOn" that can make a big difference.
  -dave

On Jul 25, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Jan Ploski wrote:

> David Brown wrote:
>> Hi Jan,
>> Just as a quick suggestion, I think you can make the raster "ugly"
>> plot look much more like the
>> area fill "nice" plot if you set the resource
>> "cnRasterSmoothingOn" to True.
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for this great tip. I uploaded the smoothed version for
> comparison, too. It's barely different from the "nice" one, but the
> plotting remains fast. I suspect that maybe cnFillMode="AreaFill"
> should only be used for sparse grids? If so, a hint in the
> documentation would be helpful.
>
> Anyway, that was the only "NCL plotting performance problem" I
> encountered so far, so I am less worried now!
>
> Best regards,
> Jan Ploski

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