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Re: [idvusers] painting map lines on 3D topography

Julien,

I can get everything to work exactly as you show it, with your files.  But
if the topography file is a local NC file, then both topo and map show up on
the left side (of the map/topo selection screen), and neither is on the
right.  Could you please try your demo with local files.  Thanks for your
patience.

Murray


-----Original Message-----
From: idvusers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:idvusers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julien Chastang
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 12:50 PM
To: idvusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [idvusers] painting map lines on 3D topography

List,

Several of you are reporting trouble (online and off) rendering the 3D map
so I put together this quick screencast on how to do that:
http://youtu.be/HoCCmYqFu6w

Let us know if you have questions or concerns.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Murray Brown <m.brown.nsb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I'm finding that the devil is in the line " For the Topography, the 
> IDV will recognize Geopotential height at surface. If not, you need to 
> pick the appropriate field from the 2D fields."  I have a regional 
> relief grid with lat/lon coordinates, and have tried to overlay both 
> the World Borders shape (also lat/lon) and a home-made graticule shape 
> (also lat/lon).  I can easily select the FIELD: MAPDATA item (the 
> shape), but have no idea what to do for the FIELD: TOPOGRAPHY item.  
> IDV offers me a list of "formula" items, but none appears to match up 
> with my relief grid.  No matter what I select, I
> get the error message that the units don't match up ("m or gpm").   Any
> ideas?
>
> Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: idvusers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:idvusers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julien 
> Chastang
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 12:13 PM
> To: David Ahijevych
> Cc: idvusers
> Subject: Re: [idvusers] painting map lines on 3D topography
>
> David,
>
> We have some additional clarifying remarks for you and the list. You 
> will need to obtain a shape file for the region of interest. We found 
> these to be abundant on the web. Here is one for the US states:
>
> http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f7f805eb65eb4ab787a0a3e1116ca7
> e5
>
> Please load the states.shp file in the Data Choosers as you would 
> other data. Also load your model data, for example 1/2 degree GFS. 
> Once your data are loaded, go to the 3D Map formula in the place 
> described earlier and choose a "Topography" display. Click "Create 
> Display". You will see a dialog where you have to enter MapData and 
> Topography. Choose the shapefile for the MapData. For the Topography, 
> the IDV will recognize Geopotential height at surface. If not, you 
> need to pick the appropriate field from the 2D fields.
>
> Let us know if you have additional questions or concerns.
>
> Best,
>
> Unidata IDV Support
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Julien Chastang <chastang@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > After your data are loaded, please study the IDV Dashboard, Field 
> > Selector Tab, Formulas Node (in the Data Sources), Maps, 3D Map.
> >
> > Also please attend the IDV workshop November 3-6. We are just down 
> > the road :-)
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:50 AM, David Ahijevych <ahijevyc@xxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'd like to render the map lines along the 3D surface, as if they 
> >> were painted on.  At different viewing angles, the lines should 
> >> appear stuck to the same surface location.
> >>
> >> As it is now, either my state borders are obscured by the 
> >> topography or if I raise the vertical position of the state 
> >> borders, they give the impression of "floating" above the topography or
cutting through it.
> >>
> >>  I know you can render images on a 3D surface but can you render 
> >> maps on a 3D surface?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Dave
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> >
> >
> > --
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> > Unidata-UCAR
> >
>
>
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