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Mapping Toolbox Demos and Data

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Available Demos Locating Geospatial Data

Available Demos

You can run demonstrations of Mapping Toolbox functions to further acquaint you with their use. Most of the demos highlight and explain features added in the current version. To see the full list of demos, click the Demos icon in the Contents pane in the Help Navigator. Another way to obtain this list is to type

mapdemos

at the MATLAB prompt. This will bring the Help browser to the fore.

When you view any of the following demos, you can then execute and view its code by clicking links in the banner for that page that say "Run in the Command Window" and "Open <demo>.m in the Editor":

• mapexkmlexport — Exporting Vector Point Data to KML

• mapexfindcity — Interactive Global City Finder

• mapexgeo — Creating Maps Using geoshow (for latitude, longitude data)

• mapexmap — Creating Maps Using mapshow (for x, y data)

• mapexrefmat — Creating a Half-Resolution Georeferenced Image

• mapexreg — Georeferencing an Image to an Orthotile Base Layer

• mapex3ddome — Plotting a 3-D Dome as a Mesh Over a Globe

• mapexunprojectdem — Un-Projecting a Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

• mapexgshhs — Converting Coastline Data (GSHHS) to Shapefile Format

• mapexwmsanimate — Compositing and Animating Web Map Service (WMS) Meteorological Layers

You can type

help mapdemos

to see this list of links as well as descriptions of the sample data provided in Mapping Toolbox.

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Locating Geospatial Data

Sample data sets are provided in the Mapping Toolbox mapdemos directory. You can find them along with the demos described below in toolbox\map\mapdemos. Most of the sample data sets have .txt files that provide information or metadata about the their source and content.

For information on locating digital map data you can download over the Internet, see the following documentation at the MathWorks Web site. http://www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/2100/2101.html

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