Hi All,

There is an update to ShakeMap in the repository. The update includes the following changes:

o transfer.conf now has a new parameter, pdl_config, for setting the PDL configuration file (via --configFile). This supports the requirement for PDL v1.7.3 and beyond to specify a configuration file. 

o Fixed bug in GMICE module AK07. The pre-fix version did not apply the distance and magnitude residuals. Maps made using the previous version should be remade once the update is applied.

o Added the GMPE Garcia05 for Mexican slab events (after Garcia et al. (2005)).

o Added the GMICE modules DC11_CA and DC11_ENA for California and Eastern North America, respectively (after Dangkua & Cramer (2011)).

o The GMICE module WGRW11 now uses a tri-linear relationship: an additional, steeper slope is used between MMI 1 and MMI 2. The ground-motions for MMI 1 are determined from the mean of the MMI 1 reports, as discussed in Worden et al. (2012). This modification allows WGRW11 to better match "Did You Feel It?" data.

o Changed 'tar -xf' to 'tar -xmf' in transfer (either rcp or scp) to avoid errors on some systems.

o Reversed the order of keys in the shake_version table because some versions of mysql (those using the InnoDB engine) complained about the previous ordering. This only affects new installations using 'mktables' to create the ShakeMap tables.

o dist_rrup and dist_rx now handle multi-segment faults (i.e., faults with more than one contiguous series of planes separated by the '>' character or in multiple files). This affects GMPEs, IPEs, and GMICEs that use Rrup (those using Rjb always handled this correctly).

o Added a thumbnail of the intensity image to the output products (for web site support).

o Abbreviated "Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration" to "PSA" on map titles. The unabbreviated version had a tendency to clip the map titles at the image edges. If you want to change this back, the relevant lines are 790-792 of 'mapping'.

o Changed the default switchover from ordinary distance to "median" distance (to account for finite fault effects when no fault is defined) from M4.0 to M5.0 because the M4 to M5 range had virtually no effect.

o Several minor fixes.

As usual, do 'svn update' and 'make' to apply the update. The config file transfer.conf will need to be reviewed, but be advised that the only change is the update to the documentation to explain the pdl_config parameter, so you should be able to just copy your configuration verbatim from the .BAK file once you've run make. Be aware that if and when you update your PDL client, you'll need to set pdl_config to point to your PDL configuration file.

I have attached a compressed change log (as produced by 'svn log'). The previous update was r481. This update is r522.

Let me know if you have any problems.

Bruce

P.S. For those of you who have retrieved a pre-release version of the update (probably r512), the only significant changes are the update to WGRW11 and the documentation of pdl_config in transfer.conf which will require you to review your transfer.conf file (see above).