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
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.
Oh
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.
