[Shake-dev] ShakeMap code updated

[Bruce Worden]

Hi all,

I've updated the repository with some new code. Some of these updates have been the subject of earlier limited announcements to users who were affected. The repository is in the usual place:

https://vault.gps.caltech.edu/repos/products/shakemap/tags/release-3.5/

If you already have ShakeMap installed, follow the usual "svn update" followed by "make" procedure from your ShakeMap install directory. See the list of changes below for other post-update instructions.

Changes:

o Added the option -saveproducts to setversion. This flag allows you to configure setversion to save all of the output products generated for each version of the maps. Used in conjunction with -savedata, you can generate a complete snapshot of what was produced for each version of significant events. 

o Fixed a bug in the Boatwright03 GMPE module when running grind with -psa.

o Modified the downloads page of the ShakeMap web site to include the finite fault file, if one is available.

o Another fix to the MMI site amplification tables to better handle the amplification of small MMIs. All users should update their MMI site amplification tables using "makeMMIsiteTable <GMICE> <borcherdt_table>" as described on pages 13-14 of the Software Guide.

o A fix from Pete Lombard and Tim McDonald to better handle regexp metacharacters in location strings in db2xml. 

o It is now a warning rather than an error for db2xml to return no amps. ShakeMap will continue and generate a purely predictive map.

o Added Zhao06 GMPE for Japan. See the Software Guide for GMPE-specific instructions (p. 17) and the complete reference.

o Added WGRW11 GMICE. This is a proposed Ground Motion/Intensity Conversion Equation, currently under review, that is likely to replace Wald99 for most situations.

o Updated AK07 and FM10 GMICE to produce intensities if either PGV (preferred) or PGA is available. The previous implementation required both to be available.

o The longitude and latitude coordinates in grid.xml and grid.xyz formerly had two digits beyond the decimal place. This was deemed insufficient, and now the program produces four digits beyond the decimal place for the coordinates.

o The standard configuration produces shape files with the intensity files names "mi.dbf", "mi.shp", etc. This is incompatible with CISN display. Operators who want their maps to be available in CISN display should change the line:

	shapefile : mi 0.2 0.1 1.0

to:

	shapefile : mmi 0.2 0.1 1.0 

Other users can (and probably should) ignore this change.

o Updated the BA08 and AB06_ENA_BC GMPEs with the modifications recommended in Atkinson & Boore (2011) (see Software Guide for complete reference). The AB06_ENA_BC modification is a static shift based on the magnitude, so it may be important is situations where the bias cannot be computed. The change to BA08 is a magnitude and distance adjustment that is intended to make the GMPE effective for magnitudes less than 5.5. I've also created temporary GMPEs called BA08_old and AB06_ENA_BC_old, which contain the original code, for anyone who wants to make a comparison.

o Updated the Software Guide in numerous places. Notably: added a table of GMICE, added GMPE-specific instructions, updated the GMPE and IPE tables, and added references for all of the GMPEs, IPEs, and GMICE. As always, the Software Guide in the doc directory is the most recent -- delete, destroy, or otherwise ignore all earlier versions.

o Various bug fixes.

Let me know if you have any problems.

Bruce

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