How to add a map as background in MATLAB to the points i have already plotted. I am interested in mapping the Surat city region as background

lat = [21.1658 21.1655 21.16672 21.15832 21.16441 21.15638 21.17459 21.17103 21.17166 21.14175 21.17098 21.17521 21.16423 21.17525 21.16205]; 
lon = [72.7939 72.7937 72.79333 72.75241 72.77744 72.77798 72.77342 72.78658 72.78956 72.75316 72.77758 72.80426 72.79398 72.78943 72.75631]; 
plot(lon, lat, '.b', 'MarkerSize', 15);
grid on

[jonas]

You have mapping toolbox?

[Simran Sandhu]

I am using 2013 version of MATLAB

[Simran Sandhu]

So basically I don't have mapping toolbox How can it be done without toolbox

[Simran Sandhu]

Or what are the ways to do it using mapping toolbox I can arrange a higher version of MATLAB

[jonas]

There are other options on fileexchange as well. But honestly I dont know what works with release 2013. See here for example

https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/27627-zoharby-plot_google_map

https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50390-borders

[Simran Sandhu]

This is something I got,,but they are overlapping,just the way I have India map I am willing to have for a city like Surat

[jonas]

I assueme you used the borders function, which is for plotting land and sea borders, not single cities. Did you try the m_map package that KSSV linked? I have not used it myself, but I've read that it has a m_shaperead() function, which is exactly what you need. You just have to find a shapefile (.shp) online.

[Simran Sandhu]

Yes i am trying to find the shapefile but no luck to it yet

[Simran Sandhu]

Also the m_map package is not working,I dont know why

[jonas]

Could be because of your old release. I'd update if I were you.

[Simran Sandhu]

Umm yeah even am thinking the same to update it. Thank You I'll try to do it

Answer 1

[KSSV]

YOu have many ways to achieve that. I will list few:

1. Go to google maps, download the required domain you want and plot.

2. Go to google images, download the required images, fix the limits and plot.

3. Get surat shape file from google and plot.

4. Explore this tool box: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/~rich/map.html

[Simran Sandhu]

okay thank you so much,I will try the ways you gave Thank you

[Simran Sandhu]

no luck with it..i downloaded the shape file, but giving errors. Please help me with it The help would be appreciated

[Simran Sandhu]

This is something I got,,but they are overlapping,just the way I have India map I am willing to have for a city like Surat

[Simran Sandhu]

I downloaded the surat city map,,but while plotting the points they are not in the perfect location,,is there any way to sort that out?

Also I used borders syntax but still that doesnt have the surat city or gujarat any of it

[KSSV]

What format you have downloaded?

[Simran Sandhu]

tried with jpg and png format both but no luck

[KSSV]

If you use jpg, png ..you must know the exact (lat, Lon) ..do you know the limits? Go to Google maps and try to get the limits.

[Simran Sandhu]

Yes I do have the exact lat longs, got the lats and longs from google maps itself

[KSSV]

Read about image. Specify limits here, use hold on and plot your points.

[Simran Sandhu]

clc; clear all; close all; a=imread('surat.jpg'); imresize(a,20); imshow(a) hold on plot(21.1658,72.7939 , 'r*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15); hold on; plot(21.1620,72.7563, 'b*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15); hold on;

[KSSV]

Don't use imshow...use image...here you can specify the limits .

[Simran Sandhu]

okay let me try that option Thank you

[Simran Sandhu]

I know the latitude and longitude of surat city 21.1702° N, 72.8311° E but ain't aware of the limits. Also am not an expert to MATLAB so thank you for all the support you are giving

[Simran Sandhu]

c=imread('surat.jpg');
image([ 21.1591425 21.1702401 ],[ 72.6822085 72.8310607 ], c);
hold on;
plot(21.1658,72.7939 , 'r*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15);
hold on;
plot(21.1655,72.7937, 'b*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15);
hold on;
plot(21.166718,72.7933298, 'c*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15);
hold on;
plot(21.1583221,72.7524079, 'k*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15);
hold on;
plot(21.16441411,72.7774434, 'g*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15);
hold on;
plot(21.1563791,72.7779792, 'm*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 15);
hold on;

[Simran Sandhu]

I have plotted 6 points but only 4 are visible

[Simran Sandhu]

and also its not showing the exact locations as seen in google map

[KSSV]

When you plot the image....you need to remove the grey borders....when you use the image function....it will consider the grey borders also.....you need to select the image properly.

[Simran Sandhu]

lat = [21.1658 21.1655 21.16672 21.15832 21.16441 21.15638 21.17459 21.17103 21.17166 21.14175 21.17098 21.17521 21.16423 21.17525 21.16205]; 
lon = [72.7939 72.7937 72.79333 72.75241 72.77744 72.77798 72.77342 72.78658 72.78956 72.75316 72.77758 72.80426 72.79398 72.78943 72.75631]; 
plot(lon, lat, '.b', 'MarkerSize', 15);
grid on
plot_google_map('MapScale', 1)

[Simran Sandhu]

This is finally what I got

[KSSV]

This is the shape file for Surat..

[Simran Sandhu]

plot_google_map('MapScale', 1) I used this function so it gave the background map of surat itself

[Simran Sandhu]

This is the map i got,,now if i wish to create a coverage are that is show the are covered by one point how to do it?

[jonas]

You should accept the answer when the original question is resolved. Also, what do you mean by coverage?

[Simran Sandhu]

yes sorry.new to this all that is why.. coverage as in BTS coverage.. the area covered by BTS for providing services