McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2014.1

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PC

Positions the cursor at a desired point on the frame.


Formats

PC C
PC L
station
PC E lat lon
PC I line ele
PC T raster pictel


Parameters

C

positions the cursor at the center of the frame

L

positions the cursor at the station ID or synoptic ID location

E

positions the cursor at the latitude and longitude earth coordinates

I

positions the cursor at the line and element image coordinates

T

positions the cursor at the raster and pictel TV coordinates

station

station identifier, e.g., KMSN or YSSY, optionally followed by the station type in brackets, e.g., ARX[N] or ARX[V]; see the TYPE keyword in STNLIST command for valid station types

lat

latitude of the location

lon

longitude of the location

line

image or graphics line of the location

ele

image or graphics element of the location

raster

TV raster (line) of the location

pictel

TV pictel (element) of the location


Examples

PC E 36 - 98

This entry positions the cursor at 36° North and 98° East.

PC I 3300 1200

This entry positions the cursor at image line 3300 and element 1200.

PC L KMSN

This entry positions the cursor over station KMSN (Madison, Wisconsin).

PC L 72250

This entry positions the cursor over station 72250 (Brownsville, Texas).

PC T 100 356

This entry positions the cursor at TV raster 100, pictel 356.


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