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Re: displaying things above the earth in a map projection [message #32241 is a reply to message #32239]

Tue, 24 September 2002 13:16

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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John R. Iverson (jrivers@sandia.gov) writes:

> Is there a way to plot things above the earth when using any kind of map
> projection?
>
> I tried plots, [-106], [35], [1.5], psym=5 but it always shows up on the
> surface. I tried adding a /t3d to that command.
>
> Is there any way to do this? I think I'd prefer to stick with direct
> graphics...

scale3, xrange=[-180, 180], yrange=[-90, 90], zrange=[0,1]
map_set, /cylindrical, /t3d, /grid, /continent
plots, 45, 45, 0.25, /t3d, psym=4, symsize=5.0

Cheers,

David
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		Re: displaying things above the earth in a map projection By: John R. Iverson on Wed, 25 September 2002 10:47
		Re: displaying things above the earth in a map projection By: Andy Loughe on Tue, 24 September 2002 14:40
		Re: displaying things above the earth in a map projection By: David Fanning on Tue, 24 September 2002 13:16
		Re: displaying things above the earth in a map projection By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 September 2002 20:16
		Re: displaying things above the earth in a map projection By: James Kuyper on Wed, 25 September 2002 11:38

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