[Shake-dev] bug in "grind.conf" "strictbounds" parameter

[Bruce Worden]

Oops.  I meant that it has been fixed in V3.2, not V3.1.

Bruce

On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Bruce Worden wrote:

> Hi Howard, others,
>
> This was a bug that Georgia reported earlier, and it has been fixed  
> in V3.1 of ShakeMap -- so people who have upgraded will not need to  
> do anything.  For those of you with earlier versions, the fix that  
> went into "grind" was to change the line:
>
>      @bigbound[W,S,E,N] = split /\s+/,$strictbound;
>
> to:
>
>      @bigbound[W,S,E,N] = split /\//,$strictbound;
>
> Just search on the string "strictbound" until you find the line in  
> question.
>
> I don't believe that using a space-separated list will actually  
> pick up any but the first coordinate, with the rest probably taking  
> on default values.  So while it may appear to work, it likely won't  
> give you the exact coordinates you specify.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Apr 18, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Howard G Bundock wrote:
>
>>
>> Bruce, others -
>>
>> I found, to my dismay, that when I created strict boundaries in my  
>> "grind.conf" for event 40195801 this morning, I created a ShakeMap  
>> centered in Mexico.
>>
>> The problem is a mismatch between the code for strictbounds in  
>> "grind", and the description of how to use the parameter in  
>> "grind.conf".
>>
>> I chose to change the description in "grind.conf" since the "split  
>> on whitespace" code in grind seems to be more consistent with  
>> previous parameters (ie. mapbuf.)
>>
>> This is current -  parameter values split by slashes
>>
>> ##################################################################### 
>> ######
>> # strictbound: fixes the map in place and size given by the argument.
>> # There is no default and this parameter is not required.
>> # Usage:
>> #
>> #       strictbound : W/S/E/N
>> #
>> # For example:
>> #
>> #       strictbound : -118.5/33.5/-117.5/34.25
>> #
>> # Would center a 1.0 degree by 0.75 degree map approximately over Los
>> # Angeles.
>> ##################################################################### 
>> ######
>>
>> Should be changed to - parameter values split by whitespace
>>
>> ##################################################################### 
>> ######
>> # strictbound: fixes the map in place and size given by the argument.
>> # There is no default and this parameter is not required.
>> # Usage:
>> #
>> #       strictbound : W  S  E  N
>> #
>> # For example:
>> #
>> #       strictbound : -118.5  33.5  -117.5  34.25
>> #
>> # Would center a 1.0 degree by 0.75 degree map approximately over Los
>> # Angeles.
>> ##################################################################### 
>> ######
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>
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