RE: Plot a map of Europe

[Helios de Rosario]

> ‑‑‑‑‑Original Message‑‑‑‑‑
> From: Christian T. Steigies [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: 10 November 2015 21:14

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>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 21:18:PM +0100, Jorgen Sandberg wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have searched the internet, but not found a real "how to"
instruction 
>>> on how to plot a map of for example Europe and add a contour on
top. I 
>>> need to know the packages to install and where I can find map data
in a 
>>> format accepted by OCTAVE. I really needs an idiots guide to
plotting 
>>> maps in OCTAVE.

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>> Does it have to be Octave? This sounds like a job for GMT:
>> 
>> http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ 
>> 
>> It takes a bit to get used to, but once you get the hang of it, it
produces
>> excellent maps. It even mentions an octave API (never tried this):
>> 
>> http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt‑matlab‑octave‑api 
>> 
>> Best you start with some examples:
>> 
>> http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/doc/5.1.0/gallery/ex31.html 
>> 
>> Or you search a bit for an example with borders (and find a nice
description
>> also):
>> 
>> http://geospatialdesktop.com/2008/02/desktop_gis_gmt_alaska_map/ 
>> 
>> Christian
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> Dear Christian,
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> Thank you for the reply. No, it does not have to be Octave. I went
for
> Octave since it is free and I have have used it a couple of times
earlier.
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> I will have a look at gmt.
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> Regards,
> Jorgen


Another free software that has good tools to plot maps, and work with
those plots, is R. It's different from Octave, but also a dynamic
programming language like it, and not very difficult to get accustomed
to it. Search in the web for "Maps in R" and you'll see many resources
and guidelines.

Helios


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