[aspect-devel] The coastline plotting on aspect 3d result

[Jonathan Perry-Houts]

Oh, and I think you misunderstood the last line of my email. I was
addressing Nan with a disclaimer about the trustworthyness of this file
since its origins are unknown. I only meant to suggest that if he doubts
the accuracy of the file he can recreate it himself.

Again, seriously sorry about the miscommunication! I didn't mean any
disrespect.

-Jonathan

On 02/01/2016 03:56 PM, Scott King wrote:
> 
> My point was that if one is going to make something generally available one
> needs to document it so users can know what they are doing.  What coast line
> is it?  What database did it come from?   I'm not talking about credit for converting
> a file to vtk, I'm talking about understanding where the coastline came from.
> Give me a break.
> 
> Nice work by the way!!  So I suggested that you (someone on this list who is 
> interested in posting for all) actually do this right if you want to post it 
> and that apparently angered you so much that you gave something out that you had 
> no right or permission to.  Interesting.
> 
> The file is fine for the small outlines used in global plots but someone who needs accurate 
> coastline information.  They may take and use this at a resolution it isn't useful for.   I would
> have thought the idea of documenting and attributing source would not be
> a hard sell to this mail list but apparently I over estimated.
> 
> The point wasn't that I couldn't do it myself, I could do it far faster than this email
> thread.   My point was if you are going to put something on the web, treat data
> with the same respect you want people to treat code.  
> 
> I've grown weary of this group.  Remove me from the list.  
> 
> 
> On Feb 1, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Jonathan Perry-Houts <jperryh2 at uoregon.edu> wrote:
> 
>> OK, for whatever it's worth here is that vtk file.
>>
>> It's plain ASCII, and could presumably be recreated with GMT and a few
>> lines of BASH so I guess I'm not too worried about attribution for
>> whoever made it in this case. If you're concerned about accuracy maybe
>> do it yourself :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On 02/01/2016 12:38 PM, Scott King wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmmm.   Since you have no idea where I got that file from (and at this point neither do I)
>>> I would strongly recommend going to a referenced source (google is your friend) and finding
>>> a citable dataset and converting this. This way in the future someone who wants to use it 
>>> would know it’s origin and limitations (if any).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Feb 1, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth at tamu.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/01/2016 12:30 PM, Jonathan Perry-Houts wrote:
>>>>> I have a .vtk file of the coastlines courtesy Shangxin Liu at Virginia
>>>>> Tech (I believe Scott King made it). I don't want to share it without
>>>>> his permission, but maybe you could try contacting him about it
>>>>> <sxliu at vt.edu>
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure Shangxin is on this mailing list :-)
>>>> W.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
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