Learn more about Mapping Toolbox

Examples

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Use this list to find examples in the documentation.

Your First Maps

See the World
Tour Boston with the Map Viewer

Understanding Vector Geodata

A Look at Vector Data
Example — Making Point and Line Geostructs
Selecting Data to Read with the shaperead Function

Raster Geodata

A Look at Raster Data

Combining Vector and Raster Geodata

Viewing Raster and Vector Data on the Same Map

Understanding Raster Data

Constructing a Global Data Grid
Computing Map Limits from Referencing Vectors
Geographic Interpretation of Matrix Elements
The Geography of Gridded Geodata
Accessing Data Grid Elements
Using a Mask to Recode a Data Grid
Precomputing the Size of a Data Grid

Geolocated Data Grids

Geolocated Grid Format
Transforming Geolocated to Regular Grids

Exporting Vector Geodata

Generating A Single Placemark
Placemarks from Addresses
Exporting Point Geostructs to Placemarks

Creating and Viewing Maps

Using worldmap
Using usamap
Accessing and Manipulating Map Axes Properties
Switching Between Projections
Changing Map Projections when Using geoshow
Placing Geographic and Nongeographic Objects in a Map Axes
Displaying Vector Data as Points and Lines
Displaying Vector Maps as Lines or Patches
Fitting Gridded Data to the Graticule
Using Raster Data to Create 3-D Displays
Defining Small Circles and Tracks Interactively
Determining and Manipulating Object Names

Making Three-Dimensional Maps

Using dteds, usgsdems, and gtopo30s to Identify DEM Files
Mapping a Single DTED File with the DTED Function
Mapping Multiple DTED Files with the DTED Function
Extracting DEM Data with demdataui
Computing Line of Sight with los2
Lighting a Terrain Map Constructed from a DTED File
Lighting a Global Terrain Map with lightm and lightmui
Creating Monochrome Shaded Relief Maps Using surflm
Coloring Shaded Relief Maps and Viewing Them in 3-D
Colored 3-D Relief Maps Illuminated with Light Objects
Draping via Converting a Regular Grid to a Geolocated Data Grid
Draping a Geolocated Grid on Regular Data Grid via Texture Mapping

Making Three-dimensional Maps

Draping Geoid Heights over Topography
The Globe Display Compared with the Orthographic Projection
Using Opacity and Transparency in Globe Displays
Over-the-Horizon 3-D Views Using Camera Positioning Functions
Displaying a Rotating Globe

Customizing and Printing Maps

Inset Maps
Graphic Scales
North Arrows
Choropleth Maps
Scatter Maps

Using Cartesian MATLAB Display Functions

Example 1: Triangulating Data Points
Example 2: Constructing Quiver Maps

Using Colormaps and Colorbars

Colormap for Terrain Data
Contour Colormaps
Colormaps for Political Maps

Vector Data Manipulation

Extracting and Joining Polygons or Line Segments
Linking Line Segments into Polygons
Interpolating Vectors to Achieve a Minimum Point Density
Interpolating Coordinates at Specific Locations
Overlaying Polygons with the polybool Function
Removing Discontinuities from a Small Circle
Generating a Buffer Around a Compound Polygon
Trimming Vectors to Form Lines and Polygons
Using reducem to Simplify Lines

Raster Data Manipulation

Creating Data Grids from Vector Data
Using a GUI to Rasterize Polygons
Obtaining the Area Occupied by a Logical Grid Variable
Using the mapprofile Function
Computing Gradient Data from a Regular Data Grid

Projections and Transformations

Pseudocylindrical Map Projections
Exploring Projection Aspect
Determining Projection Parameters
Visualizing Projection Distortions via Tissot Indicatrices
Visualizing Projection Distortions via Isolines
Using distortcalc to Determine Map Projection Geometric Distortions
Retrieving Projected Coordinates from a Figure
Using mfwdtran with a Map Projection Structure
Recovering Geodetic Coordinates with minvtran
Obtaining Angular Directions in a Projection Space
Reorienting Vector Data with rotatem

Web Map Service Maps

Basic Workflow for Creating WMS Maps
Refining by Text String
Refining by Geographic Limits
Updating Your Layer
Retrieving Your Map with wmsread
Setting Optional Parameters
Retrieving Your Map with WebMapServer.getMap
Setting the Geographic Limits and Background Color
Setting the Geographic Limits, Image Dimension, Style, and Image Format
Manually Editing a URL
Creating a Composite Map of Multiple Layers from One Server
Creating Movie of Daily Planet Images for One Month
Creating an Animated GIF File
Animating Time-Lapse Radar Observations
Displaying Animation of Radar Images over Daily Planet Backdrop
Saving Favorite Servers
Exploring Other Layers from a Server
Writing a KML File
Searching for Layers Outside the Database
Hosting Your Own WMS Server
System Overload

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