[Shake-dev] ShakeMap v3.2: intensity.ps
Georgia Cua
georgia.cua at sed.ethz.ch
Wed Nov 28 08:44:53 GMT 2007
Dear Vince,
Here is the map_cities_label file I was using. (So far, that's the
only problem I've noticed, but we've only had this installation
(ShakeMapv3.2 + GMT4.2 on a linux virtual machine) a few days.)
Georgia
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On Nov 27, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Vince Quitoriano wrote:
>
> Hi Georgia,
>
> Would you mind sending me a copy of your map_cities_label file? It
> sounds like either a UTF8 character problem or a bug involving pstext.
> Either way, we are planning on upgrading to GMT 4.2 eventually
> for the next version of ShakeMap, so we need to figure this out.
>
> Thanks,
> Vince
>
> Georgia Cua wrote:
>> Dear Brian, Vince, and shake-dev,
>> I solved my problem with the strange intensity.ps.
>> I tracked it down to city names in mapping..
>> I had been originally trying to use the map_cities_label (8
>> columns + city name) format, as described in mapping.conf, and
>> getting the errors with an unreadable intensity.ps file.
>> When I switched to the map_cities (lon, lat, city_name) format,
>> everything worked! I don't know what was happening with the
>> map_cities_label file, since it is the same one that I used in our
>> ShakeMap v3.1 (+GMT4.0) installation, and worked there. It follows
>> the formats for the map_cities_label files in the sample dataset.
>> (By the way, in the comments describing the map_cities_label
>> format in mapping.conf, latitude is listed first, and in all the
>> sample city files, longitude comes first.)
>> Perhaps it has to do with using GMT4.2.0. Thank you,
>> Georgia
>> On Nov 26, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Brian M Flagg wrote:
>>> -----shake-dev-bounces at scsnmail.gps.caltech.edu <mailto:-----
>>> shake-dev-bounces at scsnmail.gps.caltech.edu> wrote: -----
>>>> I've started working with a ShakeMap v3.2 installation (linux).
>>>> (We've had v3.1 for a while). I was able to generate the jpgs from
>>>> the sample dataset. However, when I try a scenario in
>>>> Switzerland, I
>>>> get errors in genex (see attached). It has a problem running
>>>> convert
>>>> on intensity.ps, (but is able to create the other jpegs without a
>>>> problem: pga.jpg, pgv.jpg, and the various tvmaps)
>>>>
>>>> I've tried copying the different versions of scale.ps in the lib/ps
>>>> directory (this was a topic from a previous thread), but it does
>>>> not
>>>> make a difference.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does intensity.ps display correctly in a postscript viewer?
>>> You
>>> probably should create a new scale.ps (using ~ShakeMap/bin/
>>> iiscale) to
>>> make sure it's using fonts available on the machine.
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>> -----------------------------
>> Dr. Georgia Cua
>> Swiss Seismological Service
>> Institute of Geophysics
>> ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P
>> CH-8093 Zurich
>> Switzerland
>> Tel: +41-044-633-7574 Fax: +41-044-633-1065
>> georgia.cua at sed.ethz.ch <mailto:georgia.cua at sed.ethz.ch>
>> -----------------------------
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Dr. Georgia Cua
Swiss Seismological Service
Institute of Geophysics
ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P
CH-8093 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: +41-044-633-7574
Fax:+41-044-633-1065
georgia.cua at sed.ethz.ch
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