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

[Thorsten Becker]

i am not sure where that file came from and didn't look at it, but i'm
pretty sure i've previously posted my gmt poly to .vtk conversion script.
you can use it get any coastlines based on GMT like so

pscoast -M $reg -JH0/7  -Dc -W1 -A40000 | gawk -f gmtpoly2vtk.awk  > cl.vtk

Thorsten W Becker
geodynamics.usc.edu <http://geodynamics.usc.edu/~becker>

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Jonathan Perry-Houts <jperryh2 at uoregon.edu>
wrote:

> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> Wolfgang Bangerth               email:
> bangerth at math.tamu.edu
> >>>>                               www:
> http://www.math.tamu.edu/~bangerth/
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