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Re: Spherical Contour Plotting [message #28725]

Wed, 09 January 2002 13:48

David Fanning
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Kenneth Bowman (k-bowman@null.com) writes:

> If the finished "thing" (I avoid the word object) is to be 2-D, try the
> SATELLITE projection in MAP_SET.
>
> If you want a 3-D "thing", you could do a CYLINDRICAL EQUIDISTANT plot
> with MAP_SET. CONTOUR will return the coordinates of the isopleths
> (PATH_INFO, PATH_XY). Then transform the longitude-latitude coordinates
> into 3-D space and use direct or object graphics to display the resulting
> lines.

Somehow I knew the answer to this was going to be easy. :^)

Cheers,

David
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		Re: Spherical Contour Plotting By: David Fanning on Wed, 09 January 2002 13:48
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