# Metview Macro
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# Description: Demonstrates how to show observations from a geopoints
# file using symbol objects.
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# read the input geopoints file
my_data = read("airep.geo")
# set up the data symbol and colour
my_symbol = msymb(symbol_type : "marker",
symbol_marker_index : 15,
symbol_table_mode : "advanced",
symbol_advanced_table_selection_type : "interval",
symbol_advanced_table_colour_direction : "clockwise",
symbol_advanced_table_max_level_colour : "red",
symbol_advanced_table_min_level_colour : "blue",
symbol_advanced_table_interval : 5.00,
legend : "on")
# set up the contour so that observed values are mapped into a colour list
my_contour = mcont(contour_grid_value_plot : "on",
contour_grid_value_plot_type : "both",
contour_grid_value_height : 0.30,
contour_grid_value_marker_height : 0.20,
contour_level_selection_type : "level_list",
contour_level_list : [-20,-10,-5,-2.5,-1,-0.5,0,0.5,1,2.5,5,10,20],
contour_line_colour : "grey",
contour_line_thickness : 2,
contour_highlight : "off",
contour_label : "off",
contour_grid_value_lon_frequency : 10,
contour_grid_value_lat_frequency : 10,
legend : "off")
# legend type is histogram
my_legend = mlegend(legend_text_colour : "navy",
legend_display_type : "histogram")
# set up the coastlines
my_coast = mcoast(map_coastline_land_shade : "on",
map_coastline_land_shade_colour : "cream",
map_grid : "on",
map_grid_colour : "grey")
# set up the title
my_title = mtext(text_mode : "positional",
text_font_size : 0.60,
text_justification : "left",
text_border : "off",
text_lines : ["Monitoring of AIREP data"],
text_box_x_length : 20.00,
text_box_y_length : 2.50,
text_box_x_position : 1.50,
text_box_y_position : 16.50,
text_colour : "navy")
# define the output plot file
setoutput(pdf_output(output_name : 'air_report'))
# plot the data onto the map
plot(my_coast, my_data,my_symbol,my_title,my_legend)
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