Mapping Toolbox - Documentation

Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Understanding Map Data

• Understanding Geospatial Geometry

• Understanding Spherical Coordinates

Spheres, Spheroids, and Geoids

Geoid and Ellipsoid

The Ellipsoid Vector

Understanding Latitude and Longitude

• Understanding Angles, Directions, and Distances

Positions, Azimuths, Headings, Distances, Length, and Ranges

Working with Length and Distance Units

Working with Angles: Units and Representations

Working with Distances on the Sphere

Angles as Binary and Formatted Numbers

• Understanding Map Projections

What Is a Map Projection?

Forward and Inverse Projection

Projection Distortions

• Great Circles, Rhumb Lines, and Small Circles

• Directions and Areas on the Sphere and Spheroid

Reckoning - The Forward Problem

Distance, Azimuth, and Back-Azimuth (the Inverse Problem)

Measuring Area of Spherical Quadrangles

Planetary Almanac Data

• Creating and Viewing Maps

Introduction to Mapping Graphics

• Using worldmap and usamap

Continent, Country, Region, and State Maps Made Easy

• Axes for Drawing Maps

What Is a Map Axes?

Accessing and Manipulating Map Axes Properties

Using the Map Limit Properties

Switching Between Projections

Projected and Unprojected Graphic Objects

• Controlling Map Frames and Grids

• Displaying Vector Data with Mapping Toolbox Functions

Programming and Scripting Map Construction

Displaying Vector Data as Points and Lines

Displaying Vector Maps as Lines or Patches

• Displaying Data Grids

Types of Data Grids and Raster Display Functions

Fitting Gridded Data to the Graticule

Using Raster Data to Create 3-D Displays

• Interacting with Displayed Maps

Picking Locations Interactively

Defining Small Circles and Tracks Interactively

Working with Objects by Name

• Making Three-Dimensional Maps

• Sources of Terrain Data

Digital Terrain Elevation Data from NGA

Digital Elevation Model Files from USGS

Determining What Elevation Data Exists for a Region

• Reading Elevation Data Interactively

Extracting DEM Data with demdataui

• Determining and Visualizing Visibility Across Terrain

Computing Line of Sight with los2

• Shading and Lighting Terrain Maps

Lighting a Terrain Map Constructed from a DTED File

Lighting a Global Terrain Map with lightm and lightmui

Surface Relief Shading

Colored Surface Shaded Relief

Relief Mapping with Light Objects

• Draping Data on Elevation Maps

Draping Geoid Heights over Topography

Draping Data over Terrain with Different Gridding

• Working with the Globe Display

What Is the Globe Display?

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

• Thematic Maps

What Is a Thematic Map?

Choropleth Maps

Special Thematic Mapping Functions

• Using Cartesian MATLAB Display Functions

Adding Graphic Objects to Map Axes

Example 1: Triangulating Data Points

Example 2: Constructing Quiver Maps

• Using Colormaps and Colorbars

Colormap for Terrain Data

Contour Colormaps

Colormaps for Political Maps

Labeling Colorbars

Editing Colorbars

Printing Maps to Scale

• Manipulating Geospatial Data

• Manipulating Vector Geodata

Repackaging Vector Objects

Matching Line Segments

Geographic Interpolation of Vectors

Vector Intersections

Overlaying Polygons with Set Logic

Cutting Polygons at the Date Line

Building Buffer Zones

Trimming Vector Data to a Rectangular Region

Trimming Vector Data to an Arbitrary Region

Simplifying Vector Coordinate Data

• Manipulating Raster Geodata

Vector-to-Raster Data Conversion

Data Grids as Logical Variables

Data Grid Values Along a Path

Data Grid Gradient, Slope, and Aspect

• Using Map Projections and Coordinate Systems

What Is a Map Projection?

Quantitative Properties of Map Projections

• The Three Main Families of Map Projections

Unwrapping the Sphere to a Plane

Cylindrical Projections

Conic Projections

Azimuthal Projections

• Projection Aspect

The Orientation Vector

• Projection Parameters

Projection Characteristics Maps Can Have

• Visualizing and Quantifying Projection Distortions

Displays of Spatial Error in Maps

Quantifying Map Distortions at Point Locations

• Accessing, Computing, and Inverting Map Projection Data

Accessing Projected Coordinate Data

Projecting Coordinates Without a Map Axes

Inverse Map Projection

Coordinate Transformations

• Working with the UTM System

What Is the Universal Transverse Mercator System?

Understanding UTM Parameters

Setting UTM Parameters with a GUI

Working in UTM Without a Map Axes

Mapping Across UTM Zones

Summary and Guide to Projections

• Creating Web Map Service Maps

• Introduction to Web Map Service

What Web Map Service Servers Provide

Basic WMS Terminology

• Basic Workflow for Creating WMS Maps

Workflow Summary

Creating a Map of Elevation in Europe

• Searching the WMS Database

Introduction to the WMS Database

Finding Temperature Data

• Refining Your Search

Refining by Text String

Refining by Geographic Limits

Updating Your Layer

• Retrieving Your Map

Ways to Retrieve Your Map

Understanding Coordinate Reference System Codes

Retrieving Your Map with wmsread

Setting Optional Parameters

Retrieving Your Map with WebMapServer.getMap

• Modifying Your Request

Setting the Geographic Limits and Background Color

Setting the Geographic Limits, Image Dimension, Style, and Image Format

Manually Editing a URL

• Overlaying Multiple Layers

Creating a Composite Map of Multiple Layers from One Server

Combining Layers from One Server with Data from Other Sources

Draping Topography and Ortho-Imagery Layers over a Digital Elevation Model Layer

• Animating Data Layers

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

• Common Problems with WMS Servers

Connection Errors

Problems with Geographic Limits

Problems with Server Changing LayerName

Non-EPSG:4326 Coordinate Reference Systems

Map Not Returned

Unsupported WMS Version

Other Unrecoverable Server Errors

• Mapping Applications

• Geographic Statistics

Statistics for Point Locations on a Sphere

Geographic Means

Geographic Standard Deviation

Equal-Areas in Geographic Statistics

What Is Navigation?

Conventions for Navigational Functions

Fixing Position

Track Laydown - Displaying Navigational Tracks

Drift Correction

• Map Projections Reference

Cylindrical Projections

Pseudocylindrical Projections

Conic Projections

Polyconic and Pseudoconic Projections

Azimuthal, Pseudoazimuthal, and Modified Azimuthal Projections

UTM and UPS Systems

3-D Globe Display

• Release Notes

Mapping Toolbox roadmap page

	Functions:
	By Category
	Alphabetical List

	Map Projections:
	By Category
	Alphabetical List



	Documentation Set

	Getting Started
	Introduces Mapping Toolbox and gets you started using it

	User's Guide
	Provides tutorials and comprehensive information about Mapping Toolbox

	Examples in Documentation
	Lists major examples in the Mapping Toolbox documentation



	Product Demos

	Mapping Toolbox Demos
	Presents a collection of demos that you can run from the Help browser to help you learn the product



	What's New

	Release Notes
	Summarizes new features, bug fixes, upgrade issues, etc.



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	Mapping Toolbox User's Guide
	Mapping Toolbox Release Notes

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