Mapping Toolbox Getting Started Preface Acknowledgments Related Products List Getting Started An Introduction to the Mapping Toolbox Creating Base Maps Displaying Data on a Base Map Importing High-Resolution Atlas Data Geographic Calculations Getting More Help Using the Mapping Toolbox Mapping Fundamentals What Is a Map? Types of Maps in the Mapping Toolbox Vector Maps Matrix Maps Composite Maps Geographic Measurement Latitude and Longitude Great Circles and Rhumb Lines Measuring Distance Measuring Azimuth and Elevation Reckoning Positions Small Circles Measuring Area The Geoid Model Measuring the Planets Angles, Times, and Distances - Units and Notation Angular Notation Time Notation Distance Notation Working with Vector Maps Data Format Segments versus Polygons Extracting Polygon or Line Segments Merging Line Segments Creating Vector Data Geographic Interpolation Polygon Area Vector Calculations - Intersections Polygon Boolean Operations Cutting Polygons at the Dateline Buffer Zones Trimming Vector Data to a Defined Region Simplifying Vector Data Working with Matrix Maps Regular Matrix Maps General Matrix Maps Displaying Maps Introduction to Mapping Graphics Map Displays Made Easy Map Axes Accessing and Manipulating Map Axes Properties The Map Frame The Map Grid Map and Frame Limits Switching Between Projections Projected and Unprojected Objects Displaying Vector Maps as Lines Displaying Vector Maps as Patches Displaying Matrix Maps The Graticule Data Representation Mapped Light Objects Draping Data on Elevation Maps The Geographic Data Structure Interacting with Displayed Maps Interactive Tracks and Circles Interactive Text Working with Objects by Name Specialized Map Functions Inset Maps Graphic Scale Choropleth Maps Thematic Map Functions Cartesian MATLAB Display Functions Colormap and Colorbars Printing Maps Atlas Data Types of Data World Vector Data Coastlines Low-Resolution World Atlas Data High-Resolution World Atlas Data World Matrix Data Political Terrain Geoid United States Vector Data Low Resolution Data Medium Resolution State Outlines United States Matrix Data Political Terrain Astronomical Data Map Projections What Is a Projection? Quantitative Properties Geometric Surfaces Projection Aspect The Origin Vector Coordinate Transformations Projection Computations Working with the Globe Projection Working with the UTM projection Summary Guide Mapping Applications Introduction to Geographic Statistics and Navigation Geographic Statistics Geographic Means Geographic Standard Deviation Equal-Areas in Geographic Statistics Geographically Filtering Datasets Navigation Conventions for Navigational Functions Fixing Position Planning Track Laydown - Displaying Navigational Tracks Dead Reckoning Drift Correction Time Zones Time Notation GUI Tools An Overview The Complete GUI Environment: maptool Starting maptool The Menus The Mouse Tool Buttons Example One: Creating a World Map Example Two: Creating a Regional Map Constructing Personalized Map Data with GUIs Trimming an Existing Data Set Encoding a Regular Surface Map Creating a Personalized Colormap External Data Interface Working with External Data Global Vector Data The Digital Chart of the World/VMAP0 Global Self-Consistent Hierarchical High-Resolution Shoreline USGS On-Line Coastline Extractor U.S. Vector Data TIGER/Line TIGER Thinned Boundary Global Matrix Data ETOPO5 and TerrainBase Global Bathymetry Predicted from Satellite Altimetry GTOPO30 and GLOBE Digital Terrain Elevation Data Model Reading Elevation Data Interactively Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Change Data EGM96 Geoid Model U. 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Gridded Elevation Data Astronomical Data Importing Other Data Reference Mapping Reference Function Tables Map Definition and Display Map Appearance and Interaction Geographic Computation Data Operations Matrix Map Data Operations Reference Data Geoid Manipulation Data Conversion Mapping Toolbox Demos Alphabetical List of Functions almanac angl2str angledim antipode areaint areamat areaquad aut2geod axes2ecc axesm axesscale azimuth bufferm camposm camtargm camupm cart2grn cen2geod changem clabelm clegendm clma clmo cnf2geod coast combntns comet3m cometm contor3m contorm contourcmap contourfm country2mtx crossfix daspectm defaultm deg2dms, deg2dm deg2km, deg2nm, deg2sm deg2rad demcmap departure displaym dist2str distance distortcalc distdim dms2deg, dms2rad dms2mat dms2dm dreckon driftcorr driftvel eastof ecc2flat ecc2n elevation ellipse1 encodem epsm eqa2grn extractm fill3m fillm filterm findm flat2ecc flatearthpoly framem gc2sc gcm gcpmap gcwaypts gcxgc gcxsc geod2aut geod2cen geod2cnf geod2iso geod2par geod2rec geographic data structure geoid vector getm getseeds gradientm grepfields gridm grn2eqa gtextm handlem hidem hista histr hms2hm hms2hr, hms2sec hms2mat hr2hms, hr2hm hr2sec imagem imbedm inputm interpm intrplat intrplon ismap ismapped iso2geod km2deg, km2nm, km2rad, km2sm legs lightm limitm linem los2 ltln2val majaxis makemapped map legend vector mapprofile maps maptriml maptrimp maptrims maskm mat2dms mat2hms mdistort meanm meshgrat meshlsrm meshm mfwdtran minaxis minvtran mlabel n2ecc namem nanclip nanm navfix navigational track format neworig newpole nm2deg, nm2km, nm2rad, nm2sm npi2pi onem org2pol paperscale par2geod patchesm patchm pcolorm plabel plot3m plotm polcmap polybool polyjoin polymerge polysplit polyxpoly previewmap project putpole quiver3m quiverm rad2deg rad2dms, rad2dm rad2km, rad2nm, rad2sm rc2yx rcurve readfields readmtx rec2geod reckon reducem resizem restack rhxrh rootlayr rotatem rotatetext roundn rsphere scaleruler scatterm scircle1 scircle2 scircleg scxsc sec2hms, sec2hm sec2hr setltln setm setpostn shaderel showaxes showm sizem sm2deg, sm2km, sm2nm, sm2rad smoothlong spcread spzerom stdist stdm stem3m str2angle surfacem surflm surflsrm surfm tagm textm tightmap time2str timedim timezone tissot track track1 track2 trackg trimcart unitstr usahi usalo usamap utmzone utmgeoid vec2mtx vfwdtran viewshed vinvtran westof worldhi worldlo worldmap yx2rc zdatam zero22pi zerom Projections Reference Alphabetical List of Map Projections Aitoff Projection Albers Equal-Area Conic Projection Apianus II Projection Balthasart Cylindrical Projection Behrmann Cylindrical Projection Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira Projection Bonne Projection Braun Perspective Cylindrical Projection Breusing Harmonic Mean Projection Briesemeister Projection Cassini Cylindrical Projection Central Cylindrical Projection Collignon Projection Craster Parabolic Projection Eckert I Projection Eckert ll Projection Eckert lll Projection Eckert IV Projection Eckert V Projection Eckert VI Projection Equal-Area Cylindrical Projection Equidistant Azimuthal Projection Equidistant Conic Projection Equidistant Cylindrical Projection Fournier Projection Gall Isographic Projection Gall Orthographic Projection Gall Stereographic Projection Globe Gnomonic Projection Goode Homolosine Projection Hammer Projection Hatano Asymmetrical Equal-Area Projection Kavraisky V Projection Kavraisky VI Projection Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Lambert Equal-Area Cylindrical Projection Loximuthal Projection McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic Projection McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic Projection McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal Projection Mercator Projection Miller Cylindrical Projection Mollweide Projection Murdoch I Conic Projection Murdoch III Minimum Error Conic Projection Orthographic Projection Plate Carrée Projection Polyconic Projection Putnins P5 Projection Quartic Authalic Projection Robinson Projection Sinusoidal Projection Stereographic Projection Tissot Modified Sinusoidal Projection Trystan Edwards Cylindrical Projection Universal Polar Stereographic Projection Universal Transverse Mercator Projection Van der Grinten I Projection Vertical Perspective Azimuthal Projection Wagner IV Projection Werner Projection Wetch Cylindrical Projection Wiechel Projection Winkel I Projection GUI Reference Graphical User Interface Tables Map Definition Tools Mapping Tools Object Projection Tools Display Manipulation Tools Thematic Map Tools Object Property Tools Track Tools Map Data Construction Tools Alphabetical List of GUI Functions and Tools axesm, axesmui clmo clrmenu colorm cometm, comet3m contorm, contor3m demcmap fillm, fill3m, patchm, patchesm handlem hidem lightm limitm linem, plotm, plot3m maptool maptrim meshm mlayers mobjects originui panzoom parallelui pcolorm, surfacem, surfm property editors qrydata quiver3m quiverm scatterm scirclui seedm showm stem3m surfdist surflm tagm textm trackui uimaptbx zdatam External Data Reference External Data Function Tables External Data Interface Alphabetical listing of External Interface Functions avhrrgoode avhrrlambert dcwdata dcwgaz dcwread dcwrhead demdataui dted dteds egm96geoid etopo5 fipsname globedem globedems gshhs gtopo30 loadmoonalb readfk5 satbath tbase tgrline tigermif tigerp usgs24kdem usgsdem usgsdems vmap0data vmap0read vmap0rhead vmap0ui Bibliography Geographic Terms Glossary Notes Glossary Bibliography Printable Documentation (PDF) Product Page (Web)