How to view a shape file in matlab
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John
on 24 Dec 2012
Commented: Harold Steven Buitrago Segura
on 29 Apr 2022
Hello,
I have a .shp file of the country Ireland.
I read the file into matlab using the code:
S = shaperead('Ireland.shp')
My question is how can I view the map?
I would appreciate it if anybody had the time to show me.
Also, is it possible to overlay GPS data on a file of this type?
Thank you
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alessio grechi
on 18 Oct 2018
Edited: alessio grechi
on 18 Oct 2018
ciao. Sei riuscito a far visualizzare la mappa in MatLab?
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José-Luis
on 24 Dec 2012
doc mapshow
It can be as simple as:
S = shaperead(filename);
mapshow(S);
As long as you have latitude and longitude, you can plot pretty much anything
doc plotm
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José-Luis
on 24 Dec 2012
If you are plotting a point, are you sure your Marker is large enough so you can see it, try a large size first
plot(x,y,'LineStyle','none','Marker','o','MarkerSize',20);
The map you are linking to does not appear to be in lat-long, it looks like UTM.
I don't know where you could find a suitable map, but google can help you. You could also look at worldmap() from Matlab.
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Clelia Massarino
on 20 Sep 2018
Hello,
I am having problem displaying the Germany map. My final goal is to have one with the elevation or at least different colors to discern different altitudes. I used the same code of you but it starts running endlessly. Any suggestion?
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Alessandro Mura
on 21 Dec 2021
@Clelia Massarino sei riuscito a cambiare i diversi colori della mappa della Germania? se si ti posso chiedere per favore lo script?
ti ringrazio
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