output ( macro/python )
Since traditionally meteorological maps were aimed for print-outs, PostScript is historically the default output of Magics.
No third-party library is required to generate PostScript files and the driver is always available to users.
PostScript was developed by Adobe and is still the main format for printers under UNIX.
This output driver provides output in PostScript, PDF and Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) formats. These are all vector formats which are used for printing and publishing. PostScript and PDF can contain multiple pages, while Encapsulated PostScript only contains one page at a time.
In past versions of Magics, the PostScript driver had a special property by having a plot always scaled to 95% of its size to allow for the frame to be better visible. This is now changed to 100 %(full page size), but can for backwards compability be overriden by setting 'output_ps_scale' to 0.95.
Postscript examples
Png output
KML output
SVG output