- Use
PLOT
to plot the file apenny.prm
.
nM> plot apenny.prm
- Use
PLOT
to plot the file
original: http://nextmidas.com/nm/nxm/sys/dat/apenny.prm
(currently unavailable)
alternate: file:///opt/midas/nxmlatest/nxm/sys/dat/apenny.prm
(where /opt/midas/nxmlatest is a softlink to your local nxm installation)
original: nM> plot http://nextmidas.com/nm/nxm/sys/dat/apenny.prm
alternative: nM> plot /opt/midas/nxmlatest/nm/nxm/sys/dat/apenny.prm
- Use
PLOT
to plot the world.shp
and cities.prm
files at the same time.
nM> plot world|cities
- With the plot still up from the previous exercise, use the middle mouse button
to disable the
cities
layer. Now enable the layer.
Can you figure out how to turn off the on-axis readout?
To toggle the enable for the cities
layer: Press the MMB inside the plot, select
LAYERS->CITIES->ENABLE->GLOBAL
To turn off the on-axis readout: Press the MMB select
READOUT->ONAXIS
- Use the "Plotting Maps from a NeXtMidas Map Server (NMS)" section in the
PLOT
explain file to bring up a map of the world with the BLUEMARBLE background.
Use the server nextmidas.com
(currently unavailable) and the port 8080
(You need Internet access for this).
nM> plot {LT="NMS",URL="http://nextmidas.com:8080/nms/",BACKGROUND="BLUEMARBLE"}|&
world.shp{LAYER={LABEL="NAME",OPAQ=0}} view=latlon
PLOT apenny
in the background. Then use the FEATURE
command to
place a box around Lincoln's nose.
nM> plot apenny /bg
nM> FEATURE,NAME=,LABEL=myfeature,TABLE={NAME=XXX,TYPE=BOX,X=89.2,Y=64.2,DX=20,DY=20},PLOT=plot