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Hi Ben- > > I found two references that agree with our location. However, NCDC has > > a slightly different longitude (-73:09:59): > > > > http://mi3.ncdc.noaa.gov/mi3qry/identityGrid.cfm?fid=32963&PleaseWait=OK > > > > so I will adjust that in the IDV station table. > > > > How are you creating the KML/KMZ file? Are you reprojecting to a lat/lon > > projection before saving the image? I created a display from KCXX, used > > the Projection->Use Displayed Area to set the projection to lat/lon, > > added Range Rings and changed the location to CXX, set the spacing of the > > rings to 1 km, zoomed in and saved it as the attached foo.kmz. When I load > > that into > > Google Earth, the center of the inner ring appears to be right over the > > radar. This was using the old position for CXX. > > > > There is some roundoff when making the radar rings using the display > > projection, > > but if you set the location with the station, it should be pretty spot on. > > > > You can increase the displayed resolution of the lat/lon with the > > Preferences. > > Go to the Edit->Preference menu and in the dialog, click the Formats & Data > > tab, and set the lat/lon format to be ##0.0## (or add more # to the end for > > more "precision"). > > > > Let me know how you are creating the KMZ file and we'll see if we can track > > down what's going on. > > > As a sidenote, I still get the info-popup that says projections should be in > lat/lon & overhead for accuracy even though I've been set that way. > > Is that normal? Yes. We probably should have a "Don't show this again" checkbox on it. Don > Ben Kamen - O.D.T., S.P. > ============================================================================= > Email: bkamen AT benjammin DOT net Web: http://www.benjammin.net > > As seen somewhere on the net: My other computer is your Windows Server. > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZFI-856751 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open