Slave! Make me a map! No, not with fancy graphical software, write the code from scratch or I'll flog you with the sinuous dried up hopes and dreams of the all the failed graduate students before you!
Ok, my advisor didnt really say that, it was more like... I dont know how to do this, can you help? But its coming, I know, he's just being nice because its the first week...
Anyways, here's the map I made first thing this morning (while brushing my teeth no less). Its the Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field. It also includes the infamous Yucca Mountains and thier proposed
nuclear repository site...joy!
It still needs a scale ect.. but Im a slacker you know... and because Im that much of a dork, Im posting the code... that and Im covering my ass for the day when I cant find it anywhere else.
srtm2xyz.pl
for (my $i = 0; $i < _ =" <">;
($key, $value) = split " ",$_;
$H{$key} = $value;
print STDERR "$key $value\n";
}
@data;
$xstart = $H{xllcorner};
$ystart = $H{yllcorner}+5;
$nodata = $H{NODATA_value};
$grid = $H{cellsize};
print STDERR "Starting location: $xstart $ystart\n";
#$grid = 0.000833333333;
$x = $xstart;
$y = $ystart;
$min_val = 1e6;
$max_val = $nodata;
while (<>) {
@data = split " ",$_;
foreach my $cell (@data) {
#if ($cell == -500) {$cell = 0;}
if ($cell > $nodata) {
if ($cell < $min_val) {$min_val = $cell;} if ($cell > $max_val) {$max_val = $cell;}
}
printf "%.12f %.12f %d\n", $x, $y, $cell;
$x += $grid;
}
$y -= $grid;
$x = $xstart;
}
SNVF.gmt
# File: SNVF.gmt
# Format: UNIX
# Author: Hintz, AR
# Date: August 27 ,2008
# Purpose: This code will generate a shaded relief map of the SNVF
#xyz2grd SNVF.dat.ll -GSNVF.grd -I0.000833333 -R-116.833/-116.1666/36.4166/37.25 -V
makecpt -Cgray.cpt -T-1500/2500/5 -V > SNVF.cpt
grdgradient SNVF.grd -Gintensity.grd -E60/30/=/0.5 -Nt0.5 -V
grdimage SNVF.grd -R -JM10i -CSNVF.cpt -P -E100 -Iintensity.grd -K -V > SNVF.eps
psbasemap -JM -R -Ba0.25g0.25 -V -O -K -P >> SNVF.eps
#psscale -Df-116.2/36.5/10 -P -V >> SNVF.eps
Here's some more old school shots of my daddy. I think he's around 18 here
It still needs a scale ect.. but Im a slacker you know... and because Im that much of a dork, Im posting the code... that and Im covering my ass for the day when I cant find it anywhere else.
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Hot mamma! She looks like a diva already! They must be getting her ready for the Arizona summers.
Is this crazy whackjob of a hippie running off with Em? Naw its just uncle Wyannt ;)
Love the emotive faces kiddo!
I dont know if you can read the temp. on my high-tech thermometer, but its somewhere between 76 and 80 in my house right now. Thats right, Im in denial of the great white coldness to come. You cant make me accept it you Yankees!!!
complete with bee, click to see the full resolution in all its glory.
I'll have to check with the family on this one, but I think this is a 'kids fashion show' at the Showmans' Club in Gibsonton. I look to be about 3-4, dont you just love our outfits, clearly this is the 'country' part of the show.
The flowers planted all around my apartment complex, yes thats my building in the background... While Im thinking of it I should do some comparison shots for the winter months to come...
Ive been ridiculously busy with the move... be back soon, with pics and stories to fill in the time gap...
Not that much, but if i do start to feel that pang of remorse for moving to blizzardy Buffalo, all I have to do is look at this picture. Really its a good picture, it represents something like 78% of the total population in Florida.... Naw, thats harsh, Im just peeved cause Ive been reading about creationists in Florida, and while evolution (rightfully) kept its place in the curriculum, it pisses me off that its even an issue. Look, Florida's got issues as it is, we don't need to widdle away what little science is taught in school and wonder why it is that Florida's public schools continually rank in the bottom 25 percentile in the nation. They say dont believe everything you read, well Ive taught so-called 'Education Majors' you know the men and women that want to teach our children, I believe it! I'll save my education major bashing for later, I really don't have time to get into that hot mess.
So anyway, Im sick and Barley has worms - unrelated **I hope** Oh and if by some wierdness my recent sickness does have something to do with worms, I'm totally posting pictures here!
I especially like this one, click for full res.
officially the end of the 'moving' posts. I decided.
My cousin Mike was nice enough to bring most of our stuff up to Buffalo since he and his family were going to be there for the Erie County Fair. It was a really sweet deal and super nice of them to do that, otherwise we would only have been able to bring what would fit in the truck (after us and the dogs were in). Anyhoo, we had to go down to the fair before it opened to pick up the stuff and I got all nostalgic about my childhood and life in the carnival and all that, so I agreed to work the weekends for a friend of the family. That being said, let me just say this. Oh my god! Its true, you can never go home! I wasnt there a second until I was thrown into the heat of all the midway drama... good god.... there's actually alot to this, but its best I dont plaster it on the web...
I wonder if anyone has ever tried to have a baby on the state line?
You know, just all that natural beauty that we all take for granted either having too much of or not enough of. Some people live in places like this, some people save all their money to come to places like this, and others could care less if it was all turned into a parking lot.
Some beautiful wildflowers growing on the side of the road in the smokies...COVERED IN BEES!!!
Click the image to see the full view, its kind of a cool shot of the VW being towed by the LC on a gasoline tanker
