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	“full”, “corners”, “centre”	“corners”
subpage_map_hemisphere Hemisphere required for polar stereographic map(NORTH/SOUTH)	str	“north”
subpage_map_vertical_longitude Vertical longitude of polar stereographic or Aitoff map	float	0.0
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
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
subpage_map_area_definition method used to define the geographical area.	“corners”, “full”	“full”
subpage_map_true_scale_north Developement in progress	float	6.0
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
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”
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”
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