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<site>

A <site> tag specifies a plot of site locations to appear within the context of a map. As such, <site> tags can only appear as children of a <map>. Each <site> tag must contain a singe <data> tag, and may contain a <pointStyle>. If the <pointStyle> is omitted, default visual properties will be used for the site symbols.

Currently, the data for a site plot must come from an MDF formatted file or from the site list of one of the observation networks defined in the OCS Resources. Future versions may allow for additional site data sources.

Attributes

attribute

default

description

visible

"true"

Is the site plot initially visible?

name

The network's short name followed by the word "sites". Example: "Mesonet sites."

Custom product name to appear in the legend.

Children

tag

quantity

description

<data>

1 (required)

The source from which the site location data are obtained.

<pointStyle>

1 (optional)

The visual properties of the symbols plotted at each site. By default, a small filled circle with color="#FF6666" will be used.

Examples

<site visible="true"> <data src="http://someserver/somefile.mdf"/> <pointStyle symbol="filledDiamond" color="#33FF66"/> </site> <site visible="false"> <data network="ARM Network" src="armdata.mdf"/> <pointStyle color="#0000FF"/> </site> <site> <data network="Oklahoma Mesonet"/> </site>