I wrote WorldMap almost a decade ago... The first thing to check is the ordering of your coordinates. WorldMap and the related tools have a default of lat,lon as opposed to lon,lat (easily corrected with Transpose).
You might want to look at the some of the older tutorials and other material on the web for these tools at: http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/proceedings/cart/index.htm http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/bonuspak/applications/cartography/ http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/bonuspak/applications/space/ http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/bonuspak/applications/meteorology/ http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/bonuspak/html/bonuspak216.htm I use map data from other sources all the time. Usually, I write a little code to parse the format to create a dx file. In cases where I need to reuse the code, I'll often make a filter out of it and invoked directly via Import. You can see some additional examples of using DX with geographic data at: http://www.research.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/ http://www.research.ibm.com/weather/ http://www.research.ibm.com/weather/vis/w_vis.htm to give you some ideas about the potential of DX Fábio Sato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@opendx.watson.ibm.com on 09/13/2001 02:24:53 AM Please respond to [email protected] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> cc: Subject: [opendx-users] Worldmap question Hi guys, I'm new to DX and I've been facing some dificulties with the WorldMap tool. I want to create a nice satelite image, combining the satelite data, the topography data (etopo 5) and the worldmap on the same image. The topography and the satelite data are been displayed correctly, but the worldmap is plotted in a strange orientation. Does someone have experience with this particular tool? Another question is if it is possible to plot customized maps that I have in other file formats, like MapInfo, shapefiles and dxf, and if is how do I do that? Any help will be appreciated, thanks! -- Fábio Sato - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
