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Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? 4 26 (9/14/2012 1:11:02 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Alright, I expect IDL 8.2 function graphics routines to be slow. But, is the Workbench slow, too? I was just editing a file, and I hit the Compile button. I had to wait for about 10-15 seconds fo... David

Coyote Updates 0 45 (9/13/2012 3:52:10 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Just a reminder that if you haven't updated your Coyote Library in awhile, this would be a good time to do so. There have been many changes in the mapping routines in the past few weeks as I have b... David

What does GRID keyword to INTERPOLATE do? 1 41 (9/12/2012 5:46:08 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Can anyone is explain in layman's language what the GRID keyword to INTERPOLATE does? I have a line of code like this: warpedImage = Interpolate(data, xindex, yindex, MISSING=missing) Wher... David

Display and Navigate Image in IDL 8.2 38 30 (9/4/2012 8:53:29 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Here is code that will obtain an image from Google as a PNG file and put it into the variable "googleImage": googleStr = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?" + $ "center=40.6000,-1... David

Answers Today Compliments of President Obama 0 50 (8/28/2012 4:40:11 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Just to let you know, answers today are compliments of President Obama, who is speaking later today outside my office. As a result, four near-by building have been evacuated by the Secret Service a... David

Abstruse Goose on Computers 0 48 (8/28/2012 1:26:03 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, The Abstruse Goose on computers is mentioned in Ann Finkbeiner's blog today: http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/08/28/abstruse-goose-the- creation-part-3/ Be sure to click the links to t... David

Coyote Library Updates #7 0 32 (8/17/2012 2:22:20 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, There have been several updates to Coyote Library files this week, mostly involving mapping functionality. cgGeoMap -- I added a PALETTE keyword to return the RGB color vectors in a GeoTiff ... David

Greek and other Symbols in Coyote Graphics 6 31 (7/27/2012 8:12:23 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, As I was answering a question about Coyote Graphics this morning, it suddenly occurred to me that I knew how to fix one of the biggest annoyances in the Coyote Graphics system for me. This is the p... David

Writing Advice 0 50 (7/19/2012 9:35:49 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Coyote passed along this piece of writing advice from Seth Fried today. I'm going to try it in an attempt to get *someone* to read my books! "Readers who seek out erotica tend to be motivated mo... David

Coyote Library Updates #6 0 60 (7/19/2012 7:13:11 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, The Coyote Library has undergone a number of changes in the past couple of weeks. This is normal when I am developing software, so please don't be alarmed. The purpose of the Library is to make MY... David

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Colorbar with fixed level and color 11 34 (9/14/2012 11:11:38 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hello, I have created contour plot with following color and levels loadct,39 nl=21; nl,number of level color=(findgen(nl+1)*10)+50 level=findgen(nl)*.5-5 Would anyone kindly tell how to plot color... mithu.pakhibarin (7)

Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? 4 26 (9/14/2012 1:11:02 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, Alright, I expect IDL 8.2 function graphics routines to be slow. But, is the Workbench slow, too? I was just editing a file, and I hit the Compile button. I had to wait for about 10-15 seconds fo... news8567 (866)

how to smooth a data set with proper window 3 31 (9/17/2012 1:35:40 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave When I try to make the contour 'beautiful', I have to smooth the data set. But I have two problems as follows: 1) the smoothed data with SMOOTH function is different from the origin one, dose it make sense t... richardwizard007 (2)

Basic cgMap and cgMapPlotS tutorial 2 35 (9/17/2012 5:26:32 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave I've never worked much with maps in IDL, so now that I need to, I thought I= 'd start with the Coyote tools. From the documentation, the cgMapPlotS obj= ect seems like exactly what I need, which is to plot s... Danielsn81 (49)

Managing several object instances 5 38 (9/17/2012 10:05:01 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Dear all, it's quite late and I can't get some sleep, so I thought that the forum wou= ld be a pretty good way to clear out some thoughts that have been keeping m= e from sleeping. Soooo, after having writte... helder5178 (48)

Turn Object Automatic Clean-up Off? 9 44 (9/18/2012 8:27:02 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Folks, It turns out I have written a program that more or less depends on an objec= t's persistence in the IDL environment. This program is not working in IDL = 8.2 because the object is automatically clea... sageandecho (43)

ArcGIS-like tool dialog box template 1 29 (9/19/2012 1:49:30 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi there, I would need to create a dialog box for an IDL function that resembles those in arctoolbox: http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisdesktop/com/gp_toolref /using_geoprocessing_tools/tool_dialog_... guillermo.castilla.castellano (16)

star symbol in labels?? 5 69 (9/20/2012 1:09:07 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi, I'd like to plot a star symbol in labels, i.e. xtitle=... Do you know how to do that please? Textoidl sounded to be a straightforward way to do that. However, it seems that it does not support \star... thibaultgarel (44)

idl path issue 3 50 (9/20/2012 4:05:10 PM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi all, I am encountering a very strange problem with my idl path. I created a proc= edure and placed it in a directory that is in my path. When I open a new id= l session and try to run the program, IDL t... sdjohnson.mail (2)

Is MAP procedure in IDL8.2 BROKEN? 3 51 (9/21/2012 7:07:00 AM) comp.lang.idl-pvwave Hi all, I'm experiencing the following strange behavior of my IDL 8.2: If I would like to use the MAP procedure opening only IDL 8.2 it gives to me a syntax error (even when I'm using the example from IDL g... thunder_11 (41)