v6.1.2 RANGS-GSHHS problem

From: Karin Meier-Fleischer <meier-fleischer_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Fri Mar 01 2013 - 03:09:04 MST

Hi,

I've installed the RANGS-GSHHS HighRes database files as described on
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/rangs.shtml , but I'll get an
error.

I run the maponly_20.ncl example (a system call was added to see what's
in the rangs
directory).

NCL/tests> ncl maponly_20.ncl
  Copyright (C) 1995-2013 - All Rights Reserved
  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.2
  The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.

ls -la /home/k204045/local/ncl_ncarg-6.1.2/lib/ncarg/database/rangs
insgesamt 137656
drwxr-xr-x 2 k204045 users 4096 27. Feb 14:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 k204045 users 4096 27. Feb 13:51 ..
-rw------- 1 k204045 users 144 27. Feb 13:55 .directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 89496428 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(0).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 20775224 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(1).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 5099196 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(2).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 1109192 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(3).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 170948 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(4).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 6. Mai 1997 rangs(0).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 6518664 1. Feb 1999 rangs(0).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 6. Mai 1997 rangs(1).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 5945492 1. Feb 1999 rangs(1).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 6. Mai 1997 rangs(2).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 4062215 1. Feb 1999 rangs(2).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 5. Mai 1997 rangs(3).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 3398642 1. Feb 1999 rangs(3).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 5. Mai 1997 rangs(4).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 3045848 29. Jan 1999 rangs(4).cel
fatal:MapRGDHDrawMapList: MDRGOL/MDRGOF - ERROR OPENING RANGS/GSHHS CAT FILE
fatal:PlotManagerPostDraw: error in plot post-draw
fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: PostDraw error
fatal:MapRGDHDrawMapList: MDRGOL/MDRGOF - ERROR OPENING RANGS/GSHHS CAT FILE
fatal:PlotManagerPostDraw: error in plot post-draw
fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: PostDraw error
(0) Warning: this map may take awhile to draw.
fatal:MapRGDHDrawMapList: MDRGOL/MDRGOF - ERROR OPENING RANGS/GSHHS CAT FILE
fatal:PlotManagerPostDraw: error in plot post-draw
fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: PostDraw error

If I set the environment variable NCARG_RANGS to the rangs directory
another error occured:

NCL/tests> setenv NCARG_RANGS $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database/rangs
NCL/tests> ncl maponly_20.ncl
  Copyright (C) 1995-2013 - All Rights Reserved
  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.2
  The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.

ls -la /home/k204045/local/ncl_ncarg-6.1.2/lib/ncarg/database/rangs
insgesamt 137656
drwxr-xr-x 2 k204045 users 4096 27. Feb 14:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 k204045 users 4096 27. Feb 13:51 ..
-rw------- 1 k204045 users 144 27. Feb 13:55 .directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 89496428 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(0).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 20775224 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(1).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 5099196 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(2).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 1109192 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(3).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 170948 13. Mai 1997 gshhs(4).rim
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 6. Mai 1997 rangs(0).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 6518664 1. Feb 1999 rangs(0).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 6. Mai 1997 rangs(1).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 5945492 1. Feb 1999 rangs(1).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 6. Mai 1997 rangs(2).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 4062215 1. Feb 1999 rangs(2).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 5. Mai 1997 rangs(3).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 3398642 1. Feb 1999 rangs(3).cel
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 259200 5. Mai 1997 rangs(4).cat
-rw-r--r-- 1 k204045 users 3045848 29. Jan 1999 rangs(4).cel
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
ncl: cairo-ft-font.c:638: _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_lock_face: Assertion
`!unscaled->from_face' failed.
Abort
NCL/tests>

The gshhs files have the suffix .rim and not .cel or .cat. Could this be
the problem?
Any idea?

Best regards,
Karin

-- 
Karin Meier-Fleischer
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH
Application Support
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH
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D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
E-Mail:meier-fleischer@dkrz.de
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