Index: /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-damage/src/m/model/plot/applyoptions.m
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--- /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-damage/src/m/model/plot/applyoptions.m	(revision 12253)
+++ /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-damage/src/m/model/plot/applyoptions.m	(revision 12254)
@@ -427,10 +427,11 @@
 		[A.x A.y]=ll2xy(A.x,A.y,+1,45,70);
 	elseif strcmpi(md.mesh.hemisphere,'s') | strcmpi(md.mesh.hemisphere,'south'),
-		A=expread([ jplsvn() '/projects/Exp/Antarctica.exp']);
+		%A=expread([ jplsvn() '/projects/Exp/Antarctica.exp']);
+		A=expread([ jplsvn() '/projects/Exp/AntarcticPeninsula.exp']);
 	else
 		error('applyoptions error message: hemisphere not defined');
 	end
-	Ax=[min(A.x) max(A.x)];
-	Ay=[min(A.y) max(A.y)];
+	Ax=[min(A.x)-1e5 max(A.x)+1e5];
+	Ay=[min(A.y)-1e5 max(A.y)+1e5];
 	%if we are zooming on a basin, don't take the mesh for the boundaries!
 	if exist(options,'basin'),
Index: /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-damage/src/m/model/plot/scaleruler.m
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--- /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-damage/src/m/model/plot/scaleruler.m	(revision 12253)
+++ /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-damage/src/m/model/plot/scaleruler.m	(revision 12254)
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 structure=getfieldvalue(options,'scaleruler');
 fontsize=getfieldvalue(options,'scaleruler_fontsize',16);
-units=getfieldvalue(options,'unit');
+units=getfieldvalue(options,'unit',1);
 
 %Go through structure and fill missing arguments