Regions

Specify a full plot domain can be difficult. Therefore, a region file can be created to alias plot domain specifications. This default region file is wxp.reg. New regions can be added to this file. Here is an example line from the file:

us Contiguous_US 1 39,-97,2.3

The alias is listed first, followed by a long name (all spaces must be underscores), followed by a menu toggle and finally the plot domain specification. The menu toggle specifies whether the region is to appear in the region menu (1=yes, 0=no). The long name is then used in the menu listing.

This alias can now be specified as:

-pd=us or -re=us

There are preset regions which can be modified by editing the wxp.reg file.

Map of preset US regions

**List of all preset regions**
Alias	Long Name	Plot Domain
us	Contiguous_US	39,-97,2.3
ne	New_England	42,-76,.9
at	Atlantic	37,82,.9
se	Southeast	31,-88,1.1
mw	Midwest	43,-93,1.1
sp	Southern_Plains	32.5,-100,1.2
nw	Northwest	44,-112,1
sw	Southwest	37,-112,1
wcan	Western_Canada	55,-110,1.3
ecan	Eastern_Canada	53,-75,1.3
ncan	Northern_Canada	70,-100,1.5
hi	Hawaii	21,-157,.6
ak	Alaska	65,-140,1.5
canada	Canada	65,-100,3
namer	North_America	50,-100,49,33,2.2
camer	Central_America	me,15,-90,3
samer	South_America	-30,-60,4
europe	Europe	50,10,3
easia	East_Asia	30,110,3
nasia	North_Asia	61,120,3
wasia	West_Asia	52,60,3
seasia	Southeast_Asia	me,15,100,3
nafr	North_Africa	me,20,10,3
safr	South_Africa	me,-20,25,3
meast	Middle_East	me,30,45,3
aust	Australia	-25,135,3
wpac	West_Pacific	me,20,160,5
antarc	Antarctica	-90,0,3
nhem	North_Hemisphere	90,-90,25,25,8
shem	South_Hemisphere	-90,-90,25,25,8
globe	Global	ll,0,0,73,37,5,5
goese	GOES_East	sat:0.000:-75.000:::,26.529,-68.983,640,427,0.1544,0.1361
goesw	GOES_West	sat:0.000:-135.000:::,27.745,-134.868,640,427,0.1544,0.1362

Last updated June 1, 1998