Re: How to draw US state boundaries with "HighRes" DataBase

Hi Ming,
Andrea is correct, in that you cannot draw state outlines using the
high-resolution dataset. What you can do, however, is overlay a blank
map showing just the U.S. state outlines (using mpDataBaseVersion =
"MediumRes" over your original plot. I haven't done this, but I see no
reason why it wouldn't work.

; untested

res@gsnDraw = False
res@gsnFrame = False

plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,....,res)

res2 = True
res2@@mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes"
res2@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "USStates"
res2@mpOutlineDrawOrder = "PostDraw"
res2@gsnDraw = False
res2@gsnFrame = False

plot2 = gsn_csm_map(wks,res2)
overlay(plot,plot2)
draw(plot)
frame(wks)

Note that as you're mixing using the high-resolution database with the
medium resolution one if when you zoom in you might see some minor
discrepancies. Hope that helps!
Adam

On 06/28/2011 03:24 PM, Hahmann, Andrea N. wrote:
> Hi Ming
>
> You can't. The High resolution continental outline does not have either country or state outlines :-(
>
> Regards,
> Andrea
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> ________________________________
> From:<mingge@ucar.edu>
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:11:46 +0200
> To:<ncl-talk@ucar.edu>
> Subject: How to draw US state boundaries with "HighRes" DataBase
>
> Hi NCL group,
>
> Is anyone know how to draw US state boundaries with the setting of
> "highRes" database ?
>
> I use
>
> res@mpDataBaseVersion = "HighRes"
> res@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "GeophysicalAndUSStates"
>
> and it didn't show state boundaries.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Ming
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