interpolation is always used on the final grid

Previously, user could enter a value enter the  custom rate box, enable "activity rate estimation" and the custom rate box would disappear but the program would still see the value previously entered and use it even though it was no longer visible in the user interface

src/seismic_hazard_forecasting.py

@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ def main(catalog_file, mc_file, pdf_file, m_file, m_select, mag_label, mc, m_max
     else:
         logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-    # temporary hard-coded configuration
+    exclude_low_fxy = True # skip low probability areas of the map
-    # exclude_low_fxy = False
-    exclude_low_fxy = True
     thresh_fxy = 1e-3  # minimum fxy value (location PDF) needed to do PGA estimation (to skip low probability areas); also should scale according to number of grid points
 
     # log user selections
@@ -125,10 +123,6 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
             logger.info("No magnitude label of catalog specified, therefore try Mw by default")
             mag_label = 'Mw'
 
-        # if cat_label == None:
-        #   print("No magnitude label of catalog specified, therefore try 'Catalog' by default")
-        #   cat_label='Catalog'
-
         time, mag, lat, lon, depth = read_mat_cat(catalog_file, mag_label=mag_label, catalog_label='Catalog')
 
         # check for null magnitude values
@@ -258,7 +252,7 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
         # %% compute KDE and extract PDF
         start = timer()
 
-        if xy_win_method == "TW":
+        if xy_win_method:
             logger.info("Time weighting function selected")
 
             x_weights = np.linspace(0, 15, len(t_windowed))
@@ -319,7 +313,7 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
 
     # run activity rate modeling
     lambdas = [None]
-    if custom_rate != None and forecast_select:
+    if custom_rate != None and forecast_select and not rate_select:
         logger.info(f"Using activity rate specified by user: {custom_rate} per {time_unit}")
         lambdas = np.array([custom_rate], dtype='d')
         lambdas_perc = np.array([1], dtype='d')
@@ -459,15 +453,19 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
         if use_pp:         # use dask parallel computing
             pbar = ProgressBar()
             pbar.register()
-            # iter = range(0,len(distances))
             iter = indices
             iml_grid_raw = []  # raw ground motion grids
             for imt in products:
                 logger.info(f"Estimating {imt}")
 
+                if imt == "PGV":
+                    IMT_max = 200 # search interval max for velocity (cm/s)
+                else:
+                    IMT_max = 2.0 # search interval max for acceleration (g)
+
                 imls = [dask.delayed(compute_IMT_exceedance)(rx_lat[i], rx_lon[i], distances[i].flatten(), fr, p, lambdas,
                                                             forecast_len, lambdas_perc, m_range, m_pdf, m_cdf, model,
-                                                            log_level=logging.DEBUG, imt=imt, IMT_min=0.0, IMT_max=2.0, rx_label=i,
+                                                            log_level=logging.DEBUG, imt=imt, IMT_min=0.0, IMT_max=IMT_max, rx_label=i,
                                                             rtol=0.1, use_cython=True) for i in iter]
                 iml = dask.compute(*imls)
                 iml_grid_raw.append(list(iml))
@@ -476,11 +474,17 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
             iml_grid_raw = []
             iter = indices
             for imt in products:
+
+                if imt == "PGV":
+                    IMT_max = 200 # search interval max for velocity (cm/s)
+                else:
+                    IMT_max = 2.0 # search interval max for acceleration (g)
+
                 iml = []
                 for i in iter:
                     iml_i = compute_IMT_exceedance(rx_lat[i], rx_lon[i], distances[i].flatten(), fr, p, lambdas, forecast_len, 
                                                     lambdas_perc, m_range, m_pdf, m_cdf, model, imt=imt, IMT_min = 0.0,
-                                                    IMT_max = 2.0, rx_label = i, rtol = 0.1, use_cython=True)
+                                                    IMT_max = IMT_max, rx_label = i, rtol = 0.1, use_cython=True)
                     iml.append(iml_i)
                     logger.info(f"Estimated {imt} at rx {i} is {iml_i}")
                 iml_grid_raw.append(iml)
@@ -515,17 +519,20 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
                 dtype=np.float64)  # this reduces values to 8 decimal places
             iml_grid_tmp = np.nan_to_num(iml_grid[j])  # change nans to zeroes
 
-            # upscale the grid
+            # upscale the grid, trim, and interpolate if there are at least 10 grid values with range greater than 0.1
+            if np.count_nonzero(iml_grid_tmp) >= 10 and vmax-vmin > 0.1:
                 up_factor = 4
                 iml_grid_hd = resize(iml_grid_tmp, (up_factor * len(iml_grid_tmp), up_factor * len(iml_grid_tmp)),
                                     mode='reflect', anti_aliasing=False)
-            iml_grid_hd[iml_grid_hd == 0.0] = np.nan  # change zeroes back to nan
-
-            # trim edges so the grid is not so blocky
-            vmin_hd = min(x for x in iml_grid_hd.flatten() if not isnan(x))
-            vmax_hd = max(x for x in iml_grid_hd.flatten() if not isnan(x))
                 trim_thresh = vmin
                 iml_grid_hd[iml_grid_hd < trim_thresh] = np.nan
+            else:
+                iml_grid_hd = iml_grid_tmp
+
+            iml_grid_hd[iml_grid_hd == 0.0] = np.nan  # change zeroes back to nan
+
+            #vmin_hd = min(x for x in iml_grid_hd.flatten() if not isnan(x))
+            vmax_hd = max(x for x in iml_grid_hd.flatten() if not isnan(x))
 
             # generate image overlay
             north, south = lat.max(), lat.min()  # Latitude range
@@ -538,7 +545,7 @@ verbose: {verbose}")
             cmap_name = 'YlOrRd'
             cmap = plt.get_cmap(cmap_name)
             fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6, 6))
-            ax.imshow(iml_grid_hd, origin='lower', cmap=cmap, vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax)
+            ax.imshow(iml_grid_hd, origin='lower', cmap=cmap, vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax, interpolation='bilinear')
             ax.axis('off')
 
             # Save the figure