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Re: Spherical Contour Plotting [message #28820 is a reply to message #28733]

Wed, 09 January 2002 15:57

Craig Markwardt
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Adam Bayliss <rabayliss@students.wisc.edu> writes:
> Hi,
> I'd like take a 2d array (containing a surface component of a vector)
> and make a contour plot on a sphere. So basically I'd like to take the
> results of the "contour" procedure, and project this graph onto a
> sphere. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Are you looking for the ORTHOGRAPHIC mapping projection? See MAP_SET,
and try this to see if it is what you want,

map_set, /continents, name='orthographic'

You should be able to /OVERPLOT your contours directly, after you
selection the viewpoint of course.

Good luck,
Craig

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