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20010606: Label on garp model plan views

Luis,

The title of the product in Garp is obtained from the "description"
of the product given in the FDF file. The location of the title is
determined by Garp since it is maintaining the overlays, and clicking on the
title toggles the display on and off. While Garp allows easy access to many 
products, it can't provide all the power and control of the command line 
programs
do.

The product generation capabilities in NMAP/NMAP2 allow you to add text 
anywhere and save the product as a VGF file which can be used as
a data field for plots. So, that is one solution that might allow you
to produce more desirable text labels etc.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


>From: LUIS M FARFAN <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200106070100.f57104p13438

>Steve,
>
>I am looking for a simple way to be able to write an additional label
>to the model plan view displays from garp.
>
>The default configuration of garp displays the requested fields and
>a label in the bottom of screen. This label seems to be derived from
>the application of the variable "title" in several gempak programs,
>such as gdplot, and includes date, time, level, coordinate, function
>and units. My goal is to add an additional label in a different loca-
>tion, such as in the upper-right corner, and have control of the
>font needed.
>
>Normally, I use the gempak program "gdplot" to make displays
>and add the program "gptext" to include other labels. This works
>well for me, but I do not how difficult is to try the implemention of
>the same method in garp. I do not know the details on how garp
>calls gdplot when model plan views are requested, but would be
>glad to learn about it.
>
>Could you please let me know your comments about my proposed
>inclusion of additional labels on garp?
>
>Thank you,
>
>-- 
>Luis M Farfan
>