Create Simple Maps Using worldmap

This example shows how to create simple maps using the worldmap function. The example uses sample data sets included in the matlabroot/toolbox/map/mapdata folder.

Set up the map frame, letting the worldmap function pick the projection. This example creates a map of South America.

figure
worldmap 'south america'
axis off

Determine which map projection the worldmap function used by looking at the value of the MapProjection property of the map axes. The value eqdconic stands for Equidistant Conic projection

getm(gca,'MapProjection')

ans = 
'eqdconic'

Use the geoshow function to import data for land areas, major rivers, and major cities from shapefiles and display it using color you specify.

geoshow('landareas.shp','FaceColor',[0.5 0.7 0.5])
geoshow('worldrivers.shp','Color', 'blue')
geoshow('worldcities.shp','Marker','.','Color','red')

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