Mapping Toolbox 1.1
New External Data Interface Functions
Function
|
Purpose
|
avhrrgoode
|
Read AVHRR data stored in the Goode Projection
|
avhrrlambert
|
Read AVHRR data stored in the Lambert Projection
|
dted
|
Read U.S. Department of Defense Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) data
|
egm96geoid
|
Read 15-minute gridded geoid heights from the EGM96 geoid model
|
gshhs
|
Read Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Shoreline data
|
satbath
|
Read global 2-minute (4 km) topography form satellite bathymetry
|
usgs24kdem
|
Read USGS 1:24,000 (30 m) digital elevation maps
|
vmap0data
|
Extract selected data from the Vector Map Level 0 CD-ROMs
|
New Generalized Functions
These new functions make reading custom formats easier.
Function
|
Purpose
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readfields
|
Read field or records from a fixed format file
|
grepfields
|
Identify matching records in fixed record length files
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readmtx
|
Read a matrix stored in a file
|
New Projection Functions
Function
|
Purpose
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aitoff
|
Create a Aitoff projection
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bries
|
Create a Briesemeister's projection
|
hammer
|
Create a Hammer projection
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ups
|
Create a Universal Polar Stereographic projection
|
utm
|
Create a Universal Transverse Mercator projection
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vperspec
|
Create a Vertical Perspective Azimuthal projection
|
New Calculate and Plot Projection Distortion Characteristic Functions
Function
|
Purpose
|
distortcalc
|
Calculate distortion parameters for a map projection
|
mdistort
|
Display contours of constant distortion on a map
|
New Atlas Data Interface Functions
Function
|
Purpose
|
coast
|
Access world coastline data
|
usahi
|
Access United States vector data
|
usalo
|
Access United States vector data
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worldlo
|
Access world vector data
|
New Map Creation Functions
Function
|
Purpose
|
usamap
|
Create a map of the United States
|
worldmap
|
Create a map of a country or a region
|
New Data Projection Functions
Function
|
Purpose
|
contourfm
|
Project a filled contour map
|
country2mtx
|
Create a matrix map for a country in the worldlo database
|
makemapped
|
Make an object a mapped object
|
vec2mtx
|
Create a regular matrix map from vector data
|
New or Updated Map Appearance and Interaction Functions
Function
|
Purpose
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axesscale
|
Resize axes for equivalent scale
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scaleruler
|
Add graphic scale
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parallelui
|
Interactively modify map parallels
|
polcmap
|
Create colormaps for political maps
|
previewmap
|
View map at printed size
|
restack
|
Restack objects within the axes
|
rotatetext
|
Rotate text to the projected graticule
|
scatterm
|
(Not new) -- Updated to include color scatter plots
|
tightmap
|
Remove white space around a map
|
New Moon Topography Datasets
The Mapping Toolbox 1.1 adds two moon topography datasets from the Clementine satellite dataset: moontopo.mat
and moonalb.mat
.
Updated Graphical Interface
The maptool
command invokes a GUI for working with map data.
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