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[IDV #UUA-646727]: list of miscellaneous locations/

Hi HP-

> Thanks for this very useful information. I am looking forward to an
> update of the Guide. When you go there it just says (approximately)  "to
> add new locations go to Display > Locations ..." which is just sending
> you back to the standard continental lists.

That is for the Location Control.  There isn't a way currently to add in
a list of stations to an existing control (other than those in the list).
However, it would a useful feature - like we do with the map display control.

> PS did you see my request about an RGB formula? If yes, disregard it. I
> will send you soon an update on this.

Okay.  I've been in an out over the past few weeks so am still playing
catch up.  I'll wait to hear more from you on that.

Don

> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi HP-
> >
> >
> >> Full Name: HansPeter Roesli
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: EUMETSAT
> >> Package Version: 2.8a1 build date:@DATE@
> >> Operating System: Windows Vista
> >> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.8a1\jre version: 1.6.0_13 
> >> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> >> Description of problem: Hi -
> >>
> >> Every now and then I am in need to label a location not found in
> >> Locations. Up to now I add them to an ad-hoc Text Point Data file.
> >> While this bbasically works, it has the drawback that beyond the
> >> information necessary to specify the location you have to add a dummy
> >> for the time information. It would be nice if one could create a file
> >> specific to locations only (w/o time), and/or add locations to the
> >> standard list(s) already loaded.
> >>
> >> Am I overlooking something here, or is this feature missing?
> >>
> >
> > You can create a file of locations using the formats listed at:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/IDV/docs/userguide/data/LocationXml.html
> >
> > You can load these files in as "Locations" Data Source Type through the
> > file chooser.
> >
> > If you want to keep a permanent list that is available through the 
> > Displays->Locations menu, create a file in ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv called 
> > userstations.xml using the Locations XML format.  You can have multiple
> > station tables in a file using a format like:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> > <stationtables>
> >
> > <stationtable name="SubsetA" category="My Custom Stations">
> > (list of stations for subset A)
> > </stationable>
> >
> > <stationtable name="SubsetB" category=My Custom Stations">
> > (list of stations for subset B)
> > </stationtable>
> > </stationtables>
> >
> > This will show up in the Display->Locations menu as a top menu called
> > My Custom Stations and sub menus SubsetA and SubsetB.
> >
> > I'll update the web page above to add in this information.
> >
> > Don Murray
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: UUA-646727
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: UUA-646727
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open