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The Geographical area we want to work with today is defined by its lower-left corner [20oN, 110oEW] and its upper-right corner [70oN, 30oEW].

Have a look at the  subpage documentation to learn how to setup set-up a projection .

Section
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titleParameters to check

Useful subpage parameters

subpage_lower_left_longitude

subpage_lower_left_latitude
subpage_upper_right_longitude
subpage_upper_right_latitude
Code Block
themeConfluence
languagepython
titlePython - Setting a projection
collapsetrue
from Magics.macro import *
#setting the output 
output = output(    
                output_formats = ['png'],
                output_name = "maptraj_step1",
                output_name_first_page_number = "off"
        )
#settings of the geographical area 
area = mmap(subpage_map_projection="cylindrical",
        subpage_lower_left_longitude=-110.,
        subpage_lower_left_latitude=20.,
        subpage_upper_right_longitude=-30.,
        subpage_upper_right_latitude=70.,
    )    
#Using a default coastlines to see the result
plot(output, area, mcoast())
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  • The land coloured in cream.
  • The coastlines in grey.
  • The grid as a grey dash line.

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Section
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Info
titleParameters to check

Useful Coastlines parameters

map_coastline_land_shade

map_coastline_land_shade_colour
map_coastline_colour
map_grid_colour
map_grid_line_style
Code Block
themeConfluence
languagepython
titlePython - Coastlines
collapsetrue
from Magics.macro import *
#setting the output 
output = output(    
                output_formats = ['png'],
                output_name = "
map
traj_step2",
                output_name_first_page_number = "off"
        )
#settings of the geographical area 
area = mmap(subpage_map_projection="cylindrical",
        subpage_lower_left_longitude=-110.,
        subpage_lower_left_latitude=20.,
        subpage_upper_right_longitude=-30.,
        subpage_upper_right_latitude=70.,
    )     
 #settings of the caostlines
coast = mcoast(map_coastline_land_shade = "on",
      map_coastline_land_shade_colour = "cream",
      map_grid_line_style = "dash",
      map_grid_colour = "grey",
      map_label = "on",
      map_coastline_colour = "grey")
plot(output, area, coast)
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Add a first trajectory

One you have downloaded trajectories.tar, you will have 52 csv (Comma Separated Value) files, one for each possible trajectories.

Code Block
titlefirst few lines of trajectory_01.csv
13.3,-79.4,20121023,0,26,1001
13.3,-78.5,20121023,600,29,999
14.1,-78.5,20121023,1200,31,997
14.7,-78.2,20121023,1800,35,994

The first column is the latitude, the second the longitude, and the value of the pressure in in the 6th column.

This information needs to be given to Magics . This can be done with the mtable data action described in the CSV Input Documentation.

A simple Symbol Plotting using connected line will then give a nice visualisation. The full list of parameters of the msymb object can be found in the Symbol Plotting Documentation.

Section
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titleParameters to check

Useful input parameters

table_filename

table_variable_identifier_type
table_latitude_variable
table_longitude_variable
table_value_variable
Useful Symbol parameters

symbol_type

symbol_marker_index
symbol_connect_line
Code Block
themeConfluence
languagepython
titlePython - CSV file and Symbol plotting
collapsetrue
from Magics.macro import *
#setting the output 
output = output(    
                output_formats = ['png'],
                output_name = "traj_step3",
                output_name_first_page_number = "off"
        )
#settings of the geographical area 
area = mmap(subpage_map_projection="cylindrical",
        subpage_lower_left_longitude=-110.,
        subpage_lower_left_latitude=20.,
        subpage_upper_right_longitude=-30.,
        subpage_upper_right_latitude=70.,
    )     
 #settings of the caostlines
coast = mcoast(map_coastline_land_shade = "on",
      map_coastline_land_shade_colour = "cream",
      map_grid_line_style = "dash",
      map_grid_colour = "grey",
      map_label = "on",
      map_coastline_colour = "grey")
#Load the data 
data1 = mtable(table_filename = "trajectory_01.csv",
                table_variable_identifier_type='index',
                table_latitude_variable = "1",
                table_longitude_variable = "2",
                table_value_variable = "6",
                table_header_row = 0,
                 )
#Define the symbol plotting with connected 
line1=msymb(symbol_type='marker',
                symbol_marker_index = 28,
                symbol_colour = "red",
                symbol_height = 0.20,
                symbol_text_font_colour = "black",        
                symbol_connect_line ='on'
                )
plot(output, area, coast, data1, line1)
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Add a second trajectory

Here, we just have to repeat the same steps, loading the file trajectory_02.csv, just changing the colour...

Try symbol_type="both..

Once done, you can repeat that for the 52 trajectories as we did in the full solution.

Section
Column
width50%
Info
titleParameters to check

Useful input parameters

table_filename

table_variable_identifier_type
table_latitude_variable
table_longitude_variable
table_value_variable
Useful Symbol parameters

symbol_type

symbol_marker_index
symbol_connect_line
Code Block
themeConfluence
languagepython
titlePython - CSV file and Symbol plotting
collapsetrue
from Magics.macro import *
#setting the output 
output = output(    
                output_formats = ['png'],
                output_name = "traj_step3",
                output_name_first_page_number = "off"
        )
#settings of the geographical area 
area = mmap(subpage_map_projection="cylindrical",
        subpage_lower_left_longitude=-110.,
        subpage_lower_left_latitude=20.,
        subpage_upper_right_longitude=-30.,
        subpage_upper_right_latitude=70.,
    )     
 #settings of the caostlines
coast = mcoast(map_coastline_land_shade = "on",
      map_coastline_land_shade_colour = "cream",
      map_grid_line_style = "dash",
      map_grid_colour = "grey",
      map_label = "on",
      map_coastline_colour = "grey")
#Load the data 
data1 = mtable(table_filename = "trajectory_01.csv",
                table_variable_identifier_type='index',
                table_latitude_variable = "1",
                table_longitude_variable = "2",
                table_value_variable = "6",
                table_header_row = 0,
                 )
#Define the symbol plotting with connected 
line1=msymb(symbol_type='both',
                symbol_marker_index = 28,
                symbol_colour = "red",
                symbol_height = 0.20,
                symbol_text_font_colour = "black",        
                symbol_connect_line ='on'
                )
#Load the data 
data2 = mtable(table_filename = "trajectory_02.csv",
                table_variable_identifier_type='index',
                table_latitude_variable = "1",
                table_longitude_variable = "2",
                table_value_variable = "6",
                table_header_row = 0,
                 )
#Define the symbol plotting with connected 
line2=msymb(symbol_type='both',
                symbol_marker_index = 28,
                symbol_colour = "green",
                symbol_height = 0.20,
                symbol_text_font_colour = "black",        
                symbol_connect_line ='on'
                )
plot(output, area, coast, data1, line1, data2, line2)
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Position the text

To finish, we just want to demonstrate the possibility of adding a text box wherever you want on your page.

Remember that you can use a basic html formatting for your text. You can check the text documentation.

Section
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Info
titleParameters to check

Useful text parameters

text_lines

text_justification
text_mode
text_box_x_position
text_box_y_position
text_box_x_length
text_box_x_length
text_border
text_box_blanking
Code Block
themeConfluence
languagepython
titlePython - Positionning a text
collapsetrue
from Magics.macro import *
#setting the output 
output = output(    
                output_formats = ['png'],
                output_name = "traj_step5",
                output_name_first_page_number = "off"
        )
#settings of the geographical area 
area = mmap(subpage_map_projection="cylindrical",
        subpage_lower_left_longitude=-110.,
        subpage_lower_left_latitude=20.,
        subpage_upper_right_longitude=-30.,
        subpage_upper_right_latitude=70.,
    )     
 #settings of the caostlines
coast = mcoast(map_coastline_land_shade = "on",
      map_coastline_land_shade_colour = "cream",
      map_grid_line_style = "dash",
      map_grid_colour = "grey",
      map_label = "on",
      map_coastline_colour = "grey")
#Load the data 
data1 = mtable(table_filename = "trajectory_01.csv",
                table_variable_identifier_type='index',
                table_latitude_variable = "1",
                table_longitude_variable = "2",
                table_value_variable = "6",
                table_header_row = 0,
                 )
#Define the symbol plotting with connected 
line1=msymb(symbol_type='both',
                symbol_marker_index = 28,
                symbol_colour = "red",
                symbol_height = 0.20,
                symbol_text_font_colour = "black",        
                symbol_connect_line ='on'
                )
#Load the data 
data2 = mtable(table_filename = "trajectory_02.csv",
                table_variable_identifier_type='index',
                table_latitude_variable = "1",
                table_longitude_variable = "2",
                table_value_variable = "6",
                table_header_row = 0,
                 )
#Define the symbol plotting with connected 
line2=msymb(symbol_type='both',
                symbol_marker_index = 28,
                symbol_colour = "green",
                symbol_height = 0.20,
                symbol_text_font_colour = "black",        
                symbol_connect_line ='on'
                )
text = mtext(
        text_lines= ["<font colour='navy'> Sandi possible trajectories </font>"],
        text_justification= 'centre',
        text_font_size= 1.,
        text_font_style= 'bold',
        text_box_blanking='on',
        text_border='on',
        text_mode='positional',
        text_box_x_position = 3.,
        text_box_y_position = 12.,
        text_box_x_length = 13.,
        text_box_y_length = 1.5,
        text_border_colour='charcoal')
plot(output, area, coast, data1, line1, data2, line2, text)
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