$MAPFIL

     $MAPFIL is the name(s) of the map file(s) to be used for maps drawn by 
     GEMPAK programs.  If no directory is specified, the GEMPLT map files 
     in GEMMAPS will be used.

     Multiple maps may be drawn at one time by separating the names with a
     plus sign (+).
  
     The map files in GEMMAPS are named by concatenating the resolution, 
     map boundaries, and area with the three-letter source file type.  
     For example, the medium-resolution political world map from GSFC is 
     called MEPOWO.GSF.
								
	RESOLUTION	FEATURES	  AREA		SOURCE

	 ToP	   POlitical		 WOrld		   GSFc
	 HIgh	   COastline		 NW quadrant	   NWS
	 MEdium    REgional		 NE quadrant	   CIA
	 LOw	   CouNty		 SE quadrant	   USGeol survey
	 MiXed	   CountrY		 SW quadrant	   NCeP
		   RiVers		 North Hemisphere  RFC
		   InterState highways	 South Hemisphere  CPC
		   U.s. Highways	 US
		   State Highways	 Us Oceans
		   RoaDs		 North America
		   River Forecast Cntrs  Atlantic North
		   County Watch Areas	 Atlantic1
		   ZoNes		 Atlantic2
		   High Seas		 Atlantic3
		   OffShore		 Pacific North
		   Forecast Bounds	 Pacific East
		   AViation		 Pacific Surface
		   Flight Info region	 Pacific1
		   Convective Sigmet Reg Pacific2
		   Tpc High seas         Pacific3
		   Tpc Sigmets           MarylanD
		   Tpc surface Bounds    Basic Weather
		   Tpc surface Analysis  Medium Range
		   Tpc aViation bounds   Qpf Verification
		   Continental Divide	 Western Region
		   Mar pred ctr Offshore Arkansas-Red Basin
		   River fcst ctr Basins Lower Mississippi
		   Climate Zones         Middle Atlantic
		   Palmer climate Zones  Missouri Basin
		   STates                North Central
		   LaKes                 NorthEast
		   1000(K) Fathoms       OHio
		                         SouthEast
		                         West Gulf
					 AlasKa
					 Western Atlantic

     The default map is $GEMMAPS/HIPOWO.CIA.

     The following map files are currently available:

     TPSTUS.NWS    HISTUS.NWS  MESTUS.NWS  LOSTUS.NWS
     TPCNUS.NWS    HICNUS.NWS  MECNUS.NWS  LOCNUS.NWS
     TPCWA.NWS	   HICWA.NWS   MECWA.NWS   LOCWA.NWS
     TPZNUS.NWS    HIZNUS.NWS  MEZNUS.NWS  LOZNUS.NWS
     TPCSUS.NWS    HIPOWO.GSF  MEPOWO.GSF  LOPOWO.GSF
     TPCDUS.USG    HICDUS.USG  MECDUS.USG  LOCDUS.USG
		   HIRVUS.USG  MERVUS.USG  LORVUS.USG
		   HIISUS.NWS		   LOISUS.NWS
		   HIUHUS.NWS		   LOUHUS.NWS
		   HISHUS.NWS		   LOSHUS.NWS
		   HIRDUS.NWS		   LORDUS.NWS
		   HIOSUO.NWS		   LOOSUO.NWS
		   HIPOWO.CIA
		   HICOWO.CIA
		   HICYWO.CIA
		   HIAVUS.NWS
		   HIPONE.CIA
		   HIPONW.CIA
		   HIPOSE.CIA
		   HIPOSW.CIA
		   HICNMD.GSF
		   HIFIWO.NCP
		   HIFIWO.NCP
     BWX1224.NCP
     BWX3648.NCP
     ISLANDS.CIA
     LAKES.CIA
     RFC.NWS
     TECTONIC.CIA
     TPCZUS.CPC
     TPPZUS.CPC
     TPFBWR.NCP
     TPTANA.NCP
     TPTBNA.NCP
     TPTHNA.NCP
     TPTSNA.NCP
     TPTVNA.NCP
     TPRBAB.RFC
     TPRBLM.RFC
     TPRBMA.RFC
     TPRBMB.RFC
     TPRBNC.RFC
     TPRBNE.RFC
     TPRBOH.RFC
     TPRBSE.RFC
     TPRBWG.RFC
			       MEFBNA.NCP
     TPHSUO.NWS	   HIHSUO.NWS  MEHSUO.NWS  LOHSUO.NWS
			       MEHSUO.NCP
			       MEREUO.NCP
			       MEFBAN.NCP
			       MEFBPE.NCP
			       MEFBPN.NCP
			       MEFBBW.NCP
			       MEFBMR.NCP
			       MEFBPS.NCP
			       MEFBQV.NCP
			       MEFBA1.NCP
			       MEFBA2.NCP
     TPFBA3.NCP	   HIFBA3.NCP  MEFBA3.NCP  LOFBA3.NCP
			       MEFBP1.NCP
			       MEFBP2.NCP
     TPFBP3.NCP	   HIFBP3.NCP  MEFBP3.NCP  LOFBP3.NCP
     TPMOUO.NWS	   HIMOUO.NWS  MEMOUO.NWS  LOMOUO.NWS
					   LOCONH.GSF
					   LOCOSH.GSF
					   LOCOWO.GSF
					   LORVWO.CIA
						       MXPOWO.NCP
     TPLKUS.NWS	   HILKUS.NWS  MELKUS.NWS  LOLKUS.NWS
		   HIFIAK.NCP
		   HIZNAK.NCP
		   HIKFWA.NCP

     The maps from GSFC were obtained for GEMPAK Version 1.0.  The history
     of these maps is unknown.  The maps from the University of Wisconsin
     were digitized there.  The CIA map files were created from a subset of
     the CIA map database.  The United States Geological Survey maps were
     converted from the USGS databases.  The NWS maps were obtained
     from the National Weather Service/Modernization Systems
     Implementation Group.  The NCEP map files were developed at the
     National Centers for Environmental Prediction.  The RFC map files
     were provided by the Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center.

     There are 5 maps designed to be used for the seamless surface analysis
     which shows the area of responsibility for the Tropical Prediction 
     Center, Marine Prediction Center and the Hydrometeorological Prediction 
     Center. Also, these maps have the numbers 050 and 215 in their names 
     which refer to the amount of time after the analysis time; 50 minutes 
     past and 2 hours and 15 minutes past the analysis time.
                    
     The capability to use map alias names is available.  This makes it easier
     to use the map files without previously knowing the long file name.  The 
     following is a list of alias definitions.
                    
	bwx1224      Basic Weather 12 & 24hr  bwx1224.ncp
	bwx3648      Basic Weather 36 & 48hr  bwx3648.ncp
	bwxgif       Basic Weather GIF        mefbbw.ncp
	medrange     Medium Range Weather     mefbmr.ncp
	cwa          County Warning Areas     hicwa.nws
	rfc          River Forecast Centers   rfc.nws
	abrfc        AR-Red Basin RFC Basins  tprbab.rfc
	lmrfc        Lower MS RFC Basins      tprblm.rfc
	marfc        Mid Atlantic RFC Basins  tprbma.rfc
	mbrfc        MO Basin RFC Basins      tprbmb.rfc
	ncrfc        North Central RFC Basins tprbnc.rfc
	nerfc        Northeast RFC Basins     tprbne.rfc
	ohrfc        Ohio RFC Basins          tprboh.rfc
	serfc        Southeast RFC Basins     tprbse.rfc
	wgrfc        West Gulf RFC Basins     tprbwg.rfc
        states       US states, NWS           histus.nws
	county       US counties, NWS         hicnus.nws
	zones        US zones, NWS            hiznus.nws
	climate      US CPC Climate Zones     tpczus.cpc
	palmer	     US Palmer Climate Zones  tppzus.cpc
	coast        World Coasts             hicowo.cia
	country      Hi-res World Countries   hicywo.cia
	inter        US Interstates           loisus.nws
	base         Poltcal Bndry,World,CIA  hipowo.cia
	nmap         Poltcal Bndry,World,CIA  hipowo.cia
	nsat         Poltcal Bndry,World,CIA  hipowo.cia
	roads        US Roads                 lordus.nws
	rivers       Rivers                   lorvwo.cia
	hirivers     Hi-res US Rivers         hirvus.usg
	state        State Highways           loshus.nws
	ushwy        US Highways              louhus.nws
	islands      Islands                  islands.cia
	lakes        Lakes                    lakes.cia
	nafos        Mix-res Pol Bndry,World  mxpowo.ncp
	hiseas       High Seas Forecast Areas mehsuo.ncp
        rseas        Regional Sea Fcst Areas  mereuo.ncp
	offshore     Offshore Forecast Areas  hiosuo.nws
	offsh2       Offshore Forecast OPC    himouo.nws
	nam          North America Fcst Bnds  mefbna.ncp
	epacprod     East Pacific Products    mefbpe.ncp
	npacprod     North Pacific Products   mefbpn.ncp
	natlprod     North Atlantic Products  mefban.ncp
	pacsfcpd     Pacific Surface Products mefbps.ncp
	pacpart1     Pacific SFC Anal Part 1  mefbp1.ncp
	pacpart2     Pacific SFC Anal Part 2  mefbp2.ncp
	atlpart1     Atlantic SFC Anal Part 1 mefba1.ncp
	atlpart2     Atlantic SFC Anal Part 2 mefba2.ncp
	qpfver       QPF Verification         mefbqv.ncp
	fir          Flight Information Regn  hifiwo.ncp
	convsigmet   Convective Sigmet Bounds tpcsus.ncp
	wregion      Western Region Boundary  tpfbwr.ncp
	tpcsfc       TPC Surface Analysis     tptana.ncp
	tpcsfcbnd    TPC Surface Boundary     tptbna.ncp
	tpchsf       TPC High Seas            tpthna.ncp
	tpcsig       TPC SigMets              tptsna.ncp
	tpcavn       TPC Aviation             tptvna.ncp
	dcvaac       DC VAAC Boundary         dcvaac.ncp
	hpcsfc       HPC SFC Anl Boundary     hpcsfc.ncp
	1000fthm     1000 Fathom Line         hikfwa.ncp

     The alias names are specified in the table:
     $GEMPAK/tables/config/mapfil.tbl.