Re: contours, vectors and topography on one plot

From: Andres Roubicek (Andres.Roubicek AT XXXXXX)
Date: Wed Mar 03 2004 - 16:37:56 MST

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    Thank you Adam, that (cnFillDrawOrder = "PreDraw" on the topography
    section) did it!
    Cheers,
    Andres

    Adam Phillips wrote:
    >>Hi,
    >>
    >>I am trying to produce a polar stereographic plot of vectors plus scalar
    >>plus shaded topography... I tried using
    >>
    >>gsn_csm_vector_scalar_map_polar (wind vectors colored by the scalar field)
    >>
    >>then
    >>gsn_csm_contour
    >>ColorShadeLeGeContour
    >>
    >>and finally
    >>overlay
    >>
    >>But the result has the shaded topography blocking the wind/scalar
    >>fields. Has anybody tried this or something similar successfully?
    >
    >
    > Andres,
    >
    > Just to make sure, you have set gsnDraw = False in the vector/scalar resources,
    > right? Assuming you have, you might try setting cnFillDrawOrder = "PreDraw"
    > under the shaded topography resources. (Or, you can set cnLineDrawOrder =
    > "PostDraw" and vcVectorDrawOrder = "PostDraw" under the vector/scalar
    > resources.)
    >
    > The other option I would try would be to manually shade the topography using
    > cnFillColors, and draw the topography with the vector field using
    > gsn_csm_vector_scalar_map_polar. Then I would draw the scalar field with
    > gsn_csm_contour and overlay....
    >
    > Let us know if neither of these work...
    > Adam
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