Hi Alister,

 

not sure if that helps -just cross read mails- but if the labels are outside the grid and simply cut off u could try to extend the grid. For extended eleve it workes something alnong those lines:

 

#metapost and tex changes to extend elevation gridlines and place altitude labels above grey gridline
#works only for exteded elevation
 
#make gridline continuos and longer on the ends   
   code metapost    
    def s_vgrid (expr xpos, ypos, xsize, ysize) =
    pickup PenD;
    draw
      (if xpos < 0: -22 else: -xsize/2 fi, 0) %-22 extends the grid to the left
       --
      (if xpos > 0: 24 else: xsize/2 fi, 0)    %24 extends grid to the right. %note that it is slightly longer to match the label-length
      withcolor 0.1black+0.7white;            %+0.7white makes the gridline grey instead of black
    enddef;
  endcode  
 
#change position of labels outside the mapbox and raise them ontop the grid
  code tex-map
    \def\gridcoord#1#2{\hbox to0pt{%
      \ifnum#1=3\hss\fi
      \ifnum#1=9\hss\fi
        \vbox to0pt{%
          \vss
          \kern-10pt%                           %places the label above the gridline
          \hbox {\kern2pt#2\kern0pt}                       %'#2' = altitude label
          \kern2pt%                             %shifts back to normal placement for following labels
        \vss
    }%
    
  \ifnum#1=1\hss\fi
  \ifnum#1=7\hss\fi
  }%
  }
  endcode