suppressing plots warning in map_continents

[M16]

Hello, 

When I create maps using the code below:

map_set  &  map_continents  & map_continents,/countries

I get the following message hundreds of times while the plotting is being doing, for both continents and countries:

%PLOTS: PSYM (plotting symbol) out of range

Of course, I get this from time to time when I use plots if the data lies outside the x,y,z bounds.

Is there someway to suppress this message?

Thanks!

[Ben C]

Do you have an example of what code is creating these hundreds of warnings? 

This Forum topic may be helpful. See !QUIET, !EXCEPT or use CATCH: https://www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com/Support/Forums/aft/4178

[M16]

I found the problem.....  I was drawing a world map:

pro mmap

map_set  &  map_continents  & map_continents,/countries

return

end

 The problem was that I had !psym=10 which resulted in me getting the following message hundreds of times:

 PLOTS: PSYM (plotting symbol) out of range

which of course slowed things down dramatically.

When !psym set to zero the error messages disappeared and the world map plot took less than a second. Not sure why !psym=10 would throw this error but there you go....

[Chris Torrence]

I'm glad you figured it out! PSYM=10 is histogram mode, which I guess gets really angry when trying to plot a map.

I'm sure you already know this, but you might also experiment with function graphics:

m = map('Equirectangular')

m1 = mapcontinents(/countries, fill_color='light yellow')

It has a few more options than direct graphics and can (usually) produce nicer looking results with less effort.

Cheers,

Chris

NV5 Geospatial