Plotting
mcoast
This action controls the plotting of coastlines, rivers, cities and country boundaries, as well as the latitude/longitude grid lines.
Name
|
Type
|
Default
|
---|---|---|
map_coastline_general_style
Use a predefined style depending on the general theme
|
str
|
“”
|
map_coastline
Plot coastlines on map (ON/OFF)
|
bool
|
True
|
map_grid
Plot grid lines on map (On/OFF)
|
bool
|
True
|
map_label
Plot label on map grid lines (On/OFF)
|
bool
|
True
|
map_coastline_resolution
Select one of the pre-defined resolutions: automatic, low, medium, and
high. When set to AUTOMATIC, a resolution appropriate to the
scale of the map is chosen in order to balance quality with
speed.
|
“automatic”, “low”, “medium”, “high”
|
“automatic”
|
map_coastline_land_shade
Sets if land areas are shaded
|
bool
|
False
|
map_coastline_land_shade_colour
Colour of Shading of land areas
|
str
|
“green”
|
map_coastline_sea_shade
Shade the sea areas
|
bool
|
False
|
map_coastline_sea_shade_colour
Colour of Shading of sea areas
|
str
|
“blue”
|
map_boundaries
Add the political boundaries
|
bool
|
False
|
map_cities
Add the cities (capitals)
|
bool
|
False
|
map_rivers
Display rivers (on/off)
|
bool
|
False
|
map_rivers_style
Line style for rivers
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
map_rivers_colour
Colour of the rivers
|
str
|
“blue”
|
map_rivers_thickness
Line thickness of rivers
|
int
|
1
|
map_user_layer
Display user shape file layer
|
bool
|
False
|
map_user_layer_name
Path + name of the shape file to use
|
str
|
“”
|
map_user_layer_projection
Projection used in the shape file
|
str
|
“”
|
map_user_layer_style
Line style for User Layer
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
map_user_layer_colour
Colour of the User Layer
|
str
|
“blue”
|
map_user_layer_thickness
Line thickness of User Layer
|
int
|
1
|
map_coastline_colour
Colour of coastlines
|
str
|
“black”
|
map_coastline_style
Line style of coastlines
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
map_coastline_thickness
Line thickness of coastlines
|
int
|
1
|
map_grid_latitude_reference
Reference Latitude from which all latitude lines are drawn
|
float
|
0.0
|
map_grid_latitude_increment
Interval between latitude grid lines
|
float
|
10.0
|
map_grid_longitude_reference
Reference Longitude from which all longitude lines are drawn
|
float
|
0.0
|
map_grid_longitude_increment
Interval between longitude grid lines
|
float
|
20.0
|
map_grid_line_style
Line style of map grid lines
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
map_grid_thickness
Thickness of map grid lines
|
int
|
1
|
map_grid_colour
Colour of map grid lines
|
str
|
“black”
|
map_grid_frame
Add a frame around the projection
|
bool
|
False
|
map_grid_frame_line_style
Line style of map grid lines
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
map_grid_frame_thickness
Thickness of map grid lines
|
int
|
1
|
map_grid_frame_colour
Colour of map grid lines
|
str
|
“black”
|
map_label_font
Font of grid labels
|
str
|
“sansserif”
|
map_label_font_style
Font of grid labels
|
str
|
“normal”
|
map_label_colour
Colour of map labels
|
str
|
“black”
|
map_label_height
Height og grid labels
|
float
|
0.25
|
map_label_blanking
Blanking of the grid labels
|
bool
|
True
|
map_label_latitude_frequency
Evry Nth latitue grid is labelled
|
float
|
1.0
|
map_label_longitude_frequency
Evry Nth longitude grid is labelled
|
float
|
1.0
|
map_label_left
Enable the labels on the left of the map
|
bool
|
True
|
map_label_right
Enable the labels on the right of the map
|
bool
|
True
|
map_label_top
Enable the labels on the top of the map
|
bool
|
True
|
map_label_bottom
Enable the labels on the bottom of the map
|
bool
|
True
|
mcont
This action controls the plotting of isolines, contour bands and grid points. It is used to plot gridded data, such as fields.
Name
|
Type
|
Default
|
---|---|---|
legend
Turn legend on or off
|
bool
|
False
|
contour
Turn contouring on or off
|
bool
|
True
|
contour_method
Contouring method
|
“automatic”, “linear”, “akima760”, “akima474”
|
“automatic”
|
contour_interpolation_floor
Any value below this floor will be forced to the floor value. avoid
the bubbles artificially created by the interpolation method
|
float
|
-2147483647.0
|
contour_interpolation_ceiling
any value above this ceiling will be forced to the ceiling value.
avoid the bubbles artificially created by the interpolation
method
|
float
|
2147483647.0
|
contour_automatic_setting
Turn the automatic setting of contouring attributes
|
False, “style_name”, “ecmwf”
|
False
|
contour_style_name
Use of a predeined setting
|
str
|
“”
|
contour_metadata_only
Only get the metadata
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_hilo
Plot local maxima/minima
|
1, 0, “hi”, “lo”
|
False
|
contour_grid_value_plot
Plot Grid point values
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_akima_x_resolution
X resolution of Akima interpolation.
|
float
|
1.5
|
contour_akima_y_resolution
Y resolution of Akima interpolation.
|
float
|
1.5
|
contour_grid_value_min
The minimum value for which grid point values are to be plotted
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
contour_grid_value_max
The maximum value for which grid point values are to be plotted
|
float
|
1e+21
|
contour_grid_value_lat_frequency
The grid point values in every Nth latitude row are plotted
|
int
|
1
|
contour_grid_value_lon_frequency
The grid point values in every Nth longitude column are plotted
|
int
|
1
|
contour_grid_value_height
Height of grid point values
|
float
|
0.25
|
contour_grid_value_colour
Colour of grid point values
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_grid_value_format
Format of grid point values
|
str
|
“(automatic)”
|
contour_grid_value_marker_height
Height of grid point markers
|
float
|
0.25
|
contour_grid_value_marker_colour
Colour of grid point markers
|
str
|
“red”
|
contour_grid_value_marker_qual
Quality of the grid point marker
|
“high”, “medium”, “low”
|
“low”
|
contour_grid_value_marker_index
Table number of marker index. See Appendix for Plotting Attributes
|
int
|
3
|
contour_grid_value_position
Position of the value
|
“right”, “left”, “bottom”, “top”
|
“top”
|
contour_shade_max_level_colour
Highest shading band colour
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_shade_min_level_colour
Lowest shading band colour
|
str
|
“red”
|
contour_shade_colour_direction
Direction of colour sequencing for shading
|
“clockwise”, “anti_clockwise”
|
“anti_clockwise”
|
contour_shade_cell_resolution
Number of cells per cm for CELL shading
|
float
|
10.0
|
contour_shade_cell_method
NMethod of determining the colour of a cell
|
“nearest”, “interpolate”
|
“nearest”
|
contour_shade_cell_resolution_method
if adaptive, magics will switch to grid_shading when the data
resolution is greater that the requested resolution
|
“classic”, “adaptive”
|
“classic”
|
contour_max_level
Highest level for contours to be drawn
|
float
|
1e+21
|
contour_min_level
Lowest level for contours to be drawn
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
contour_shade_max_level
Highest level for contours to be shaded
|
float
|
1e+21
|
contour_shade_min_level
Lowest level for contours to be shaded
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
contour_level_count
Count or number of levels to be plotted. Magics will try to find “nice
levels”, this means that the number of levels could be
slightly different from the asked number of levels
|
int
|
10
|
contour_level_tolerance
Tolerance: Do not use nice levels if the number of levels is really to
different [count +/- tolerance]
|
int
|
2
|
contour_reference_level
Contour level from which contour interval is calculated
|
float
|
0.0
|
contour_shade_dot_size
Size of dot in shading pattern
|
float
|
0.02
|
contour_shade_max_level_density
Dots/square centimetre in highest shading band
|
float
|
50.0
|
contour_shade_min_level_density
Dots/square centimetre in lowest shading band
|
float
|
1.0
|
contour_gradients_colour_list
Colour used at the stops : the gradeint will be calculated between 2
consecutive ones.
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
contour_gradients_waypoint_method
waypoints at the left, right, middle of the interval.
|
“both”, “ignore”, “left”, “right”
|
“both”
|
contour_gradients_technique
Technique to apply to compute the gradients rgb/hcl/hsl
|
“rgb”, “hcl”, “hsl”
|
“rgb”
|
contour_gradients_technique_direction
Technique to apply to compute the gradients clockwise/anticlockwise
|
“clockwise”, “anti_clockwise”, “shortest”, “longest”
|
“clockwise”
|
contour_gradients_step_list
Number of steps to compute for each interval
|
List[int]
|
[]
|
contour_shade_method
Method used for shading
|
“area_fill”, “solid”, “dot”, “hatch”
|
“dot”
|
contour_grid_shading_position
Middle : the point is in the midlle of the cell, bottom_left : the
point is in the bottom left corner
|
“middle”, “bottom_left”
|
“middle”
|
contour_shade_hatch_index
The hatching pattern(s) to use. 0 Provides an automatic sequence of
patterns, other values set a constant pattern across all
contour bands.
|
int
|
0
|
contour_shade_hatch_thickness
Thickness of hatch lines
|
int
|
1
|
contour_shade_hatch_density
Number of hatch lines per cm.
|
float
|
18.0
|
contour_hilo_height
Height of local maxima/minima text or numbers
|
float
|
0.4
|
contour_hi_colour
Colour of local maxima text or number
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_lo_colour
Colour of local minima text or number
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_hilo_format
Format of HILO numbers (MAGICS Format/(AUTOMATIC))
|
str
|
“(automatic)”
|
contour_hilo_marker_height
Height of HighLow marker symbol
|
float
|
0.1
|
contour_hilo_marker_index
Index of marker symbol
|
int
|
3
|
contour_hilo_marker_colour
Colour of grid point markers
|
str
|
“red”
|
contour_hi_text
Text to represent local maxima
|
str
|
“H”
|
contour_lo_text
Text to represent local minima
|
str
|
“L”
|
contour_hilo_blanking
Blank around highs and lows
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_hilo_type
Type of high/low (TEXT/NUMBER/BOTH)
|
“text”, “number”, “both”
|
“text”
|
contour_hilo_window_size
Size of the window used to calculate the Hi/Lo
|
int
|
3
|
contour_hilo_max_value
Local HiLo above specified value are not drawn
|
float
|
1e+21
|
contour_hilo_min_value
Local HiLo below specified value are not drawn
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
contour_hi_max_value
Local HI above specified value are not drawn
|
float
|
1e+21
|
contour_hi_min_value
Local HI below specified value are not drawn
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
contour_lo_max_value
Local Lo above specified value are not drawn
|
float
|
1e+21
|
contour_lo_min_value
Local Lo below specified value are not drawn
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
contour_hilo_marker
Plot hilo marker (ON/OFF)
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_interval
Interval in data units between two contour lines
|
float
|
8.0
|
contour_highlight_style
Style of highlighting (SOLID/ DASH/ DOT/ CHAIN_DASH/ CHAIN_DOT)
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
contour_highlight_colour
Colour of highlight line
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_highlight_thickness
Thickness of highlight line
|
int
|
3
|
contour_highlight_frequency
Frequency of highlight line
|
int
|
4
|
contour_label_type
Type of label (text/number/both
|
“text”, “number”, “both”
|
“number”
|
contour_label_text
Text for labels
|
str
|
“”
|
contour_label_height
Height of contour labels
|
float
|
0.3
|
contour_label_format
Format of contour labels (MAGICS Format/(AUTOMATIC))
|
str
|
“(automatic)”
|
contour_label_blanking
Label Blanking
|
bool
|
True
|
contour_label_font
Name of the font
|
str
|
“sansserif”
|
contour_label_font_style
Style of the font normal/bold/italic
|
“normal”, “bold”, “italic”
|
“normal”
|
contour_label_colour
Colour of contour labels
|
str
|
“contour_line_colour”
|
contour_label_frequency
Every Nth contour line is labelled
|
int
|
2
|
contour_shade_technique
Technique used for shading (POLYGON_SHADING/ CELL_SHADING/ MARKER)
|
“polygon_shading”, “grid_shading”, “cell_shading”, “dump_shading”, “marker”
|
“polygon_shading”
|
contour_shade_colour_method
Method of generating the colours of the bands in contour shading
(list/calculate/advanced)
|
“calculate”, “list”, “gradients”, “palette”
|
“calculate”
|
contour_level_list
List of contour levels to be plotted
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
contour_shade_colour_list
List of colours to be used in contour shading.
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
contour_shade_colour_table
Colour table to be used with marker shading technique
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
contour_shade_height_table
Height table to be used with marker shading technique
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
contour_shade_marker_table_type
index: using contour_shade_marker_table and defining the markers by
index, name: using contour_shade_marker_name_table and
defining the symbols by their names
|
“index”, “name”
|
“index”
|
contour_shade_marker_table
Marker table to be used with marker shading technique
|
List[int]
|
[]
|
contour_shade_marker_name_table
Marker name table to be used with mareker shading technique
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
contour_line_style
Style of contour line
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
contour_line_thickness
Thickness of contour line
|
int
|
1
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow
if On, rainbow colouring method will be used.
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_line_colour
Colour of contour line
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow_method
Method of generating the colours for isoline
|
“calculate”, “list”
|
“calculate”
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow_max_level_colour
Colour to be used for the max level
|
str
|
“blue”
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow_min_level_colour
Colour to be used for the mainlevel
|
str
|
“red”
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow_direction
Direction of colour sequencing for colouring
|
“clockwise”, “anti_clockwise”
|
“anti_clockwise”
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow_colour_list
List of colours to be used in rainbow isolines
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
contour_line_colour_rainbow_colour_list_policy
What to do if the list of colours is smaller that the list of contour:
lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
contour_line_thickness_rainbow_list
List of thickness to used when rainbow method is on
|
List[int]
|
[]
|
contour_line_thickness_rainbow_list_policy
What to do if the list of thickness is smaller that the list of
contour: lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
contour_line_style_rainbow_list
List of line style to used when rainbow method is on
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
contour_line_style_rainbow_list_policy
What to do if the list of line styles is smaller that the list of
contour: lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
contour_highlight
Plot contour highlights (ON/OFF)
|
bool
|
True
|
contour_level_selection_type
count: calculate a reasonable contour interval taking into account the
min/max and the requested number of isolines. interval:
regularly spaced intervals using the reference_level as base.
level_list: uses the given list of levels.
|
“count”, “interval”, “level_list”
|
“count”
|
contour_label
Plot labels on contour lines
|
bool
|
True
|
contour_shade
Turn shading on
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_legend_only
Inform the contour object do generate only the legend and not the
plot!
|
bool
|
False
|
contour_shade_palette_name
Colour used at the stops : the gradient will be calculated between 2
consecutive ones.
|
str
|
“”
|
contour_shade_palette_policy
What to do if the list of colours is smaller that the list of levels:
lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
contour_grid_value_type
For Gaussian fields, plot normal (regular) values or reduced grid
values. (NORMAL/REDUCED/akima). If akima, the akima grid
values will be plotted
|
“normal”, “reduced”, “akima”
|
“normal”
|
contour_grid_value_plot_type
(VALUE/MARKER/BOTH)
|
“value”, “marker”, “both”
|
“value”
|
mmap
Name
|
Type
|
Default
|
---|---|---|
subpage_x_axis_type
|
“regular”, “date”, “geoline”, “logarithmic”
|
“regular”
|
subpage_y_axis_type
|
“regular”, “date”, “geoline”, “logarithmic”
|
“regular”
|
x_min
|
float
|
0.0
|
subpage_x_automatic
|
bool
|
False
|
subpage_y_automatic
|
bool
|
False
|
x_max
|
float
|
100.0
|
y_min
|
float
|
0.0
|
y_max
|
float
|
100.0
|
thermo_annotation_width
Percentage of the width used to display the annotation on the right
side .
|
float
|
25.0
|
subpage_x_position
Y-Coordinate of lower left hand corner of subpage in cm. -1 is the
default: 7.5% of the parent page
|
float
|
-1.0
|
subpage_y_position
X-Coordinate of lower left hand corner of subpage in cm. -1 is the
default: 5% of the parent page
|
float
|
-1.0
|
subpage_x_length
Length of subpage in horizontal direction in cm. -1 is the default:
85% of the parent page
|
float
|
-1.0
|
subpage_y_length
Length of subpage in vertical direction in cm. -1 is the default: 85%
of the parent page
|
float
|
-1.0
|
subpage_map_library_area
if On, pickup a predefined geographical area
|
bool
|
False
|
subpage_map_area_name
Name of the predefined area
|
str
|
False
|
subpage_map_projection
Projection to set in the drawing area
|
“cylindrical”, “polar_stereographic”, “polar_north”, “polar_south”, “geos”, “meteosat”, “meteosat_57E”, “goes_east”, “lambert”, “EPSG:3857”, “EPSG:900913”, “EPSG:32661”, “EPSG:32761”, “EPSG:4326”, “goode”, “collignon”, “mollweide”, “robinson”, “bonne”, “google”, “efas”, “tpers”, “automatic”, “lambert_north_atlantic”, “mercator”, “cartesian”, “taylor”, “tephigram”, “skewt”, “emagram”
|
“cylindrical”
|
subpage_clipping
Apply a clipping to the subpage to avoid any symbol, flag or arrow to
go outside of the plotting area
|
bool
|
False
|
subpage_background_colour
Colour of the subpage background
|
str
|
“none”
|
subpage_frame
Plot frame around subpage (ON/OFF)
|
bool
|
True
|
subpage_frame_colour
Colour of subpage frame (Full choice of colours)
|
str
|
“charcoal”
|
subpage_frame_line_style
Style of subpage frame (SOLID/DASH/DOT/CHAIN_DASH/CHAIN_DOT)
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
subpage_frame_thickness
Thickness of subpage frame
|
int
|
2
|
subpage_vertical_axis_width
width of the vertical axis in cm
|
float
|
1.0
|
subpage_horizontal_axis_height
height of the horizontal axis in cm
|
float
|
0.5
|
subpage_align_horizontal
Used in automatic layout to setup the horizontal alignment of the
drawing area in the subpage
|
“left”, “right”
|
“left”
|
subpage_align_vertical
Used in automatic layout to setup the vertical alignment of the
drawing area in the subpage
|
“bottom”, “top”
|
“bottom”
|
subpage_lower_left_latitude
Latitude of lower left corner of map.
|
float
|
-90.0
|
subpage_lower_left_longitude
Longitude of lower left corner of map
|
float
|
-180.0
|
subpage_upper_right_latitude
Latitude of upper right corner of map
|
float
|
90.0
|
subpage_upper_right_longitude
Longitude of upper right corner of map
|
float
|
180.0
|
subpage_map_area_definition_polar
Method of defining a polar stereographic map
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“full”, “corners”, “centre”
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“corners”
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subpage_map_hemisphere
Hemisphere required for polar stereographic map(NORTH/SOUTH)
|
str
|
“north”
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subpage_map_vertical_longitude
Vertical longitude of polar stereographic or Aitoff map
|
float
|
0.0
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subpage_map_centre_latitude
Latitude of centre of polar stereographic map defined by ‘CENTRE’ or
centre latitude of Lambert/satellite subarea projections
|
float
|
90.0
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subpage_map_centre_longitude
Longitude of centre of polar stereographic map defined by ‘CENTRE’ or
centre longitude of Lambert/satellite subarea projections
|
float
|
0.0
|
subpage_map_scale
Scale of polar stereographic or Aitoff map
|
float
|
50000000.0
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subpage_map_area_definition
method used to define the geographical area.
|
“corners”, “full”
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“full”
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subpage_map_true_scale_north
Developement in progress
|
float
|
6.0
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subpage_map_true_scale_south
Developement in progress
|
float
|
-60.0
|
subpage_map_projection_height
height (in meters) above the surface
|
float
|
42164000.0
|
subpage_map_projection_tilt
angle (in degrees) away from nadir
|
float
|
0.0
|
subpage_map_projection_azimuth
bearing (in degrees) from due north
|
float
|
20.0
|
subpage_map_projection_view_latitude
latitude (in degrees) of the view position
|
float
|
20.0
|
subpage_map_projection_view_longitude
longitude (in degrees) of the view position
|
float
|
-60.0
|
subpage_map_geos_sweep
the sweep angle axis of the viewing instrument
|
float
|
0.0
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taylor_standard_deviation_min
Min of the Standard deviation axis.
|
float
|
0.0
|
taylor_standard_deviation_max
Max of the Standard deviation axis.
|
float
|
1.0
|
msymb
This action controls the plotting of meteorological and marker symbols. It is used to plot point data, such as observations.
Name
|
Type
|
Default
|
---|---|---|
symbol_advanced_table_selection_type
Technique to use to calculate the shading band levels.
|
“count”, “interval”, “list”
|
“count”
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symbol_advanced_table_min_value
Min value to plot
|
float
|
-1e+21
|
symbol_advanced_table_max_value
Max value to plot
|
float
|
1e+21
|
symbol_advanced_table_level_count
Count or number of levels to be plotted. Magics will try to find “nice
levels”, this means that the number of levels could be
slightly different from the requested number of levels
|
int
|
10
|
symbol_advanced_table_level_tolerance
Tolerance: Do not use “nice levels” if the number of levels is really
to different [count +/- tolerance]
|
int
|
2
|
symbol_advanced_table_interval
Interval in data units between different bands of shading
|
float
|
8.0
|
symbol_advanced_table_reference_level
Level from which the level interval is calculated
|
float
|
0.0
|
symbol_advanced_table_level_list
List of shading band levels to be plotted
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
symbol_advanced_table_colour_method
Method of generating the colours of the bands in polygon shading
|
“calculate”, “list”
|
“calculate”
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symbol_advanced_table_max_level_colour
Highest shading band colour
|
str
|
“blue”
|
symbol_advanced_table_min_level_colour
Lowest shading band colour
|
str
|
“red”
|
symbol_advanced_table_colour_direction
Direction of colour sequencing for plotting (CLOCKWISE/
ANTI_CLOCKWISE)
|
“clockwise”, “anti-clockwise”
|
“anti_clockwise”
|
symbol_advanced_table_colour_list
List of colours to be used in symbol plotting
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
symbol_advanced_table_colour_list_policy
What to do if the list of colours is smaller than the list of
intervals: lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
symbol_advanced_table_marker_list
List of markers to be used in symbol plotting
|
List[int]
|
[]
|
symbol_advanced_table_marker_name_list
List of markers to be used in symbol plotting symbol
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
symbol_advanced_table_marker_list_policy
What to do if the list of markers is smaller than the list of
intervals: lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
symbol_advanced_table_height_method
Method of generating the height
|
“calculate”, “list”
|
“list”
|
symbol_advanced_table_height_max_value
Maximum height to use
|
float
|
0.2
|
symbol_advanced_table_height_min_value
Mininimum height to use
|
float
|
0.1
|
symbol_advanced_table_height_list
List of heights to be used
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
symbol_advanced_table_height_list_policy
What to do if the list of heights is smaller than the list of
intervals: lastone/cycle
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“lastone”
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_list
Text to display
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_list_policy
What to do if the list of text is smaller that the list of intervals
lastone: reuse the last one, cycle: return to the fisrt one
|
“lastone”, “cycle”
|
“cycle”
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_font
Font to use for text plotting.
|
str
|
“sansserif”
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_font_size
Font size
|
float
|
0.25
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_font_style
Font Style
|
str
|
“normal”
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_font_colour
Symbol Colour
|
str
|
“automatic”
|
symbol_advanced_table_text_display_type
How to display text none:do not display it centre : display it instead
of the symbol, right : attached it to the right of the
symbol, top : attached it to the top of the symbol, bottom:
attached it to the bottom of the symbol,
|
“centre”, “none”, “right”, “left”, “top”, “bottom”
|
“none”
|
symbol_advanced_table_outlayer_method
outlayer method
|
“none”, “simple”
|
“none”
|
legend_user_text
if set, the text to be shown for the symbol group in the legend
|
str
|
“”
|
symbol_colour
Colour of symbols.
|
str
|
“blue”
|
symbol_height
Height of symbols.
|
float
|
0.2
|
symbol_marker_mode
Method to select a marker : by name, by index, by image : in that
case, Magics will use an external image as marker.
|
str
|
“index”
|
symbol_marker_index
Marker indice: An integer between 1 and 28
|
int
|
1
|
symbol_marker_name
Symbol name. Choose in a list of available markers dot/circle/ww_00
…
|
str
|
“dot”
|
symbol_image_path
Path to the image
|
str
|
“”
|
symbol_image_format
Format of the image file. If set to AUTOMATIC, the file extension will
be used to determine the file type.
|
“automatic”, “png”, “svg”
|
“automatic”
|
symbol_image_width
width of the image
|
float
|
-1.0
|
symbol_image_height
height of the image
|
float
|
-1.0
|
symbol_text_list
list of texts to plot
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
symbol_text_position
Position of the text
|
“right”, “left”, “bottom”, “top”
|
“right”
|
symbol_text_font
Font to use
|
str
|
“sansserif”
|
symbol_text_font_size
Font size
|
float
|
0.25
|
symbol_text_font_style
Font style
|
str
|
“normal”
|
symbol_text_font_colour
Font colour.
|
str
|
“automatic”
|
symbol_legend_height
If set, the height will be used to plot the symbols in the legend
|
float
|
-1.0
|
legend
Turn legend on or off (ON/OFF) : New Parameter!
|
bool
|
False
|
symbol_scaling_method
Turn legend on or off (ON/OFF) : New Parameter!
|
bool
|
False
|
symbol_scaling_level_0_height
Turn legend on or off (ON/OFF) : New Parameter!
|
float
|
0.1
|
symbol_scaling_factor
Turn legend on or off (ON/OFF) : New Parameter!
|
float
|
4.0
|
symbol_type
Defines the type of symbol plotting required
|
“number”, “text”, “marker”, “wind”
|
“number”
|
symbol_table_mode
Specifies if plotting is to be in advanced, table (on) or individual
mode (off). Note: The simple table mode is not recommended
anymore, try to use the advanced mode instead, this should
give you easier control of the plot.
|
0, “advanced”, 1
|
“OFF”
|
symbol_format
Format used to plot values (MAGICS Format/(AUTOMATIC))
|
str
|
“(automatic)”
|
symbol_text_blanking
blanking of the text
|
bool
|
False
|
symbol_outline
Add an outline to each symbol
|
bool
|
False
|
symbol_outline_colour
Colour of the outline
|
str
|
“black”
|
symbol_outline_thickness
thickness of the outline
|
int
|
1
|
symbol_outline_style
Line Style of outline
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
symbol_connect_line
Connect all the symbols with a line
|
bool
|
False
|
symbol_connect_automatic_line_colour
if on, will use the colour of the symbol
|
bool
|
True
|
symbol_connect_line_colour
Colour of the connecting line
|
str
|
“black”
|
symbol_connect_line_thickness
thickness of the connecting line
|
int
|
1
|
symbol_connect_line_style
Line Style of connecting line
|
“solid”, “dash”, “dot”, “chain_dash”, “chain_dot”
|
“solid”
|
symbol_min_table
Table of minimum values. The table is used in conjunction with
SYMBOL_MAX_TABLE
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
symbol_max_table
Table of maximum values. The table is used in conjunction with
SYMBOL_MIN_TABLE
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
symbol_marker_table
Table of MARKER indices. The table is to be used in conjunction with
SYMBOL_MIN_TABLE and SYMBOL_MAX_TABLE
|
List[int]
|
[]
|
symbol_name_table
Table of Symbol names. The table is to be used in conjunction with
SYMBOL_MIN_TABLE and SYMBOL_MAX_TABLE
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
symbol_colour_table
Table of SYMBOL colours. T The table is to be used in conjunction with
SYMBOL_MIN_TABLE and SYMBOL_MAX_TABLE
|
List[str]
|
[]
|
symbol_height_table
Table of SYMBOL heights. The table is to be used in conjunction with
SYMBOL_MIN_TABLE and SYMBOL_MAX_TABLE
|
List[float]
|
[]
|
mtable
Name
|
Type
|
Default
|
---|---|---|
table_filename
Path to the table data
|
str
|
“”
|
table_delimiter
Used delimiter
|
str
|
“,”
|
table_combine_delimiters
Consecutive delimiters will be considered as one
|
bool
|
False
|
table_header_row
Which row (first is 1) is the header line on?
|
int
|
1
|
table_data_row_offset
How many rows after the header row does the data start? 1 if no header
row.
|
int
|
1
|
table_meta_data_rows
List of row indexes containing meta-data of the form P1=V1 P2=V2.
|
List[int]
|
[]
|
table_x_type
Type used for X variable_index: number or date
|
“number”, “date”
|
“number”
|
table_y_type
Type used for Y variable_index: number or date
|
“number”, “date”
|
“number”
|
table_variable_identifier_type
are we refering to the columns by names or index (index/name)
|
str
|
“index”
|
table_x_variable
X variable_index or name
|
str
|
1
|
table_y_variable
Y variable_index or name
|
str
|
2
|
table_value_variable
variable_index or name
|
str
|
-1
|
table_latitude_variable
Latitudes index or name
|
str
|
2
|
table_longitude_variable
longitudes index or name
|
str
|
1
|
table_x_component_variable
u components index or name for vectors
|
str
|
-1
|
table_y_component_variable
v components index or name for vectors
|
str
|
-1
|
table_x_missing_value
mssing value for x
|
float
|
-21000000.0
|
table_y_missing_value
missing value for x
|
float
|
-21000000.0
|
table_binning
Binning information
|
bool
|
True
|