[Xastir] Problems with NWS maps?

Jack Twilley jmt at twilley.org
Sat May 3 18:02:12 EDT 2003


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>>>>> "Curt" == Curt Mills <Curt> writes:

[... out of range message from NWS maps ...]

Curt> Yep.  I talked to NOAA about it.  The software they're using to
Curt> put in the polygons allows longitudes outside the range of -180
Curt> to +180.  They need that for some of the islands and other areas
Curt> that cross the boundary.

Curt> They didn't want to fix it in their maps, even though
Curt> technically it's wrong.

Does this message indicate that the entire file is discarded, or just
the offending polygons, or what?  If it's just the bad polygons,
that's no big deal, but if it's the whole map, perhaps we should be a
little more liberal in what we accept.

Jack.
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