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COMPROSE: compass rose plot

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from COMPROSE: compass rose plot by François Beauducel
Plots 1, 4, 8 or 16-point compass rose to current axis.

ho=comprose(x,y,n,w,az,varargin)
function ho=comprose(x,y,n,w,az,varargin)
%COMPROSE Compass rose plot
%
%       COMPROSE(X,Y,N,W,AZ) adds a compass rose on current axis located at
%       position X,Y with N points (N is 1, 4, 8 or 16), width W (radius)
%       and North pointing to azimuth AZ (in degree, AZ = 0 means an arrow
%       pointing to positive Y-axis direction, rotating clockwise).
%
%       COMPROSE(...,FS) adds Cardinal directions with font size FS.
%
%       COMPROSE(...,'param1',value1,'param2',value2,...) specifies any
%       additionnal properties of the Patch using standard parameter/value
%       pairs. Note that 'FaceColor' concerns only the default black-filled
%       parts of the drawing.
%
%	H=COMPROSE(...) returns a Nx3 matrix of object handles: first column
%	addresses solid filled patches, second column for white patches, third
%	column for Cardinal direction text.
%
%       Examples:
%		comprose(0,0,8,.5,10)
%
%		comprose(2,-1,1,2,0,20,'LineWidth',2,'FaceColor',.5*[1,1,1])
%		
%		h = comprose(1,2.5,16,1,-10);
%		set(h(:,1),'FaceColor',[0,.5,.5],'EdgeColor',.5*[1,1,1])
%		set(h(:,2),'FaceColor',.9*[1,1,1])
%
%       See also PATCH.
%
%	Author: Francois Beauducel <beauducel@ipgp.fr>
%	Created: 2012-06-24

%	Copyright (c) 2012, François Beauducel, covered by BSD License.
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if nargin < 5
	error('Not enough input arguments.')
end

if nargin > 5 & isnumeric(varargin{1})
	fs = varargin{1};
	varargin = varargin(2:end);
else
	fs = 0;
end

if ~isnumeric(x) | ~isnumeric(y) | ~isnumeric(n) | ~isnumeric(w) | ~isnumeric(az)
	error('X,Y,N,W, and AZ must be numeric.')
end

if all(n ~= [1,4,8,16])
	error('N must be equal to 1, 4, 8 or 16.')
end

hh = [];

for k = n:-1:1
	h = branch(x,y,k,w,az,fs,varargin{:});
	hh = [hh;h];
end

if nargout > 0
	ho = hh;
end


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
function h = branch(x,y,k,w,az,fs,varargin)

cpt = {'N','E','S','W','NE','SE','SW','NW', ...
	'NNE','ENE','ESE','SSE','SSW','WSW','WNW','NNW'};
cph = {'center','left','center','right','left','left','right','right', ...
	'left','left','left','left','right','right','right','right'};
cpv = {'bottom','middle','top','middle','bottom','top','top','bottom', ...
	'bottom','bottom','top','top','top','top','bottom','bottom'};

if k <= 4
	a = (k-1)*90 + az;
else
	if k <= 8
		a = (k-8)*90 - 45 + az;
		w = w*.8;
		fs = fs*.8;
	else
		a = (k-16)*45 - 22.5 + az;
		w = w*.6;
		fs = fs*.6;
	end
end

r = .15;
xx = w*[0 0 r];
yy = w*[0 1 r];
x1 =  xx*cosd(a) + yy*sind(a);
y1 = -xx*sind(a) + yy*cosd(a);
x2 = -xx*cosd(a) + yy*sind(a);
y2 =  xx*sind(a) + yy*cosd(a);
h(1) = patch(x1 + x,y1 + y,'k',varargin{:});
h(2) = patch(x2 + x,y2 + y,'k',varargin{:},'FaceColor','w');

% Cardinal points
xp = 1.03*x1(2) + x;
yp = 1.03*y1(2) + y;
h(3) = text(xp,yp,cpt{k}, ...
	'HorizontalAlignment',cph{k},'VerticalAlignment',cpv{k},'Rotation',-az);
if fs > 0
	set(h(3),'FontSize',fs','FontWeight','bold')
else
	set(h(3),'Visible','off')
end

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