Modify the Display Object

annotate - Writes text to a panel

Usage: panel[0].annotate(keywords)

Keywords - required:

text=	annotation string
lat=, lon=	center text string at specified latitude and longitude (must be used together) -or-
line=, element=	center text string at specified panel line and element (must be used together)

Keywords - optional:

font=	name of font; default is system dependent, this uses the default defined in User Preferences
size=	size of font; default = size of font defined in user preferences
style=	style of font; default = style of font defined in user preferences 'BOLD' 'ITALIC' 'NONE'
color=	'color name'; default = 'red' -or- [R,G,B] fractional scaling factor for each red, green and blue value (0.0 to 1.0)
alignment=	sets the location of the text with respect to the latitude/longitude or line/element combination entered. The format is alignment=(horizontal,vertical). For horizontal, values of "left", "right", and "center" can be used. For vertical, values of "top", "bottom" and "center" can be used. The default is alignment=("center","center") which means the text will be centered at the location of the latitude/longitude or line/element values.

Example:

panel[0].annotate('EQUATOR',size=20, font='SansSerif.bold', lat=0, lon=-90, color='Green',alignment=("left","top"))

setCenter - Centers the display on a specified latitude/longitude and sets a scaling factor

Usage: panel[0].setCenter(keywords)

Keywords - required:

lat=	centers the display at the specified latitude (no default, required parameter)
lon=	centers the display at the specified longitude (no default, required parameter)

Keywords - optional:

scale=

scale factor for map; default = current scale factor

Remarks:

Scale factors between 0 and 1 zoom out centered on the specified latitude/longitude and scale factors greater than 1 zoom in.

Example:

panel[0].setCenter(45, -75, scale=20)

setProjection - Sets the projection of a panel

Usage: panel[0].setProjection(keywords)

Keywords - required:

projection=

string specifying the projection; e.g., 'US>Southeastern U.S.' or the name of the layer returned from createLayer, which uses the default projection of that data

Example:

panel[0].setProjection(projection='US>States>N-Z>Pennsylvania')

setViewpoint - Sets the viewpoint of a panel

Usage: panel[0].setViewpoint(keywords)

Keywords - required:

viewpointName=

string specifying the viewpoint; e.g., 'Viewpoint1'. This works in conjunction with the Projections->Viewpoints menu item in the Main Display window.

Example:

panel[0].setViewpoint(viewpointName='Viewpoint1')

setWireframe - Turns wire frame box on or off

Usage: panel[0].setWireframe(keywords)

Keywords - required:

visible=

sets the visibility of the wireframe box
True - displays the wireframe box
False - does not display the wireframe box

Examples:

panel[0].setWireframe(False)

panel[0].setWireframe(True)

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