Mapping Toolbox

Index

A

accuracy of map computations

Adams, Oscar Sherman

Airy Minimum Error Azimuthal projection

Aitoff projection <1> <2>

Albers Equal-Area Conic projection

Albers, Heinrich Christian

American Geographical Society

American Polyconic projection

angle strings

converting to numbers

angle units

convention for navigation functions

converting between formats

description of formats

angles

converting units <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7>

normalizing range <1> <2>

Apianus II projection

ASCII file

converting delimiters to NaNs

aspect

aspect See projection aspect

astronomical data

auxiliary sphere

calculating radius

axes See map axes

axes, Cartesian See Cartesian axes

axes, map See map axes

axesm <1> <2> <3>

axesm <1> <2>

azimuth

between track waypoints

calculating <1> <2>

finding cross fix position

in projected coordinates

azimuthal projection

B

Babinet projection

Balthasart Cylindrical projection <1> <2>

Bartholomew, John

base map

base projection

bearing See azimuth <1> <2>

Behrmann Cylindrical projection <1> <2> <3>

Behrmann, Walter

Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira

Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira projection <1> <2>

Bonne projection

Bonne, Rigobert

Bordone Oval projection

Braun Perspective Cylindrical projection <1> <2> <3>

Breusing Harmonic Mean projection

Breusing, F. A. Arthur

Briesemeister projection <1> <2>

Briesemeister, William

BSAM projection

buffer zone

C

cape workspace

Cartesian axes, displaying

Cassini Cylindrical projection

Cassini de Thury, César François

Cassini projection

Central Cylindrical projection <1> <2>

Central projection

central projection

choropleth maps, example

circles

See great circles

See small circles

Click-and-Drag property editor

cmapui <1> <2>

coast workspace <1> <2>

Collignon projection

Collignon, Édouard

colormap

creating for digital elevation map

creating for political data

creating for surface contour maps

colormap menu in figure window

colormaps

creating interactively

creating with GUI

digital elevation map <1> <2>

menu in maptool

regular matrix map

shaded relief map

comet3m <1> <2>

cometm <1> <2>

conformal projection

Conic projection

conic projection

Conical Orthomorphic projection

contour map

creating <1> <2>

contour3m <1> <2>

contourm <1> <2>

conversion

angle units <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7>

ASCII file delimiters

coordinate types <1> <2> <3>

distance to string

distance units <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

dms to matrix elements

ellipsoid parameters <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>

geographic coordinates to matrix coordinates

great circles to small circles

hms to matrix elements

latitude types <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7> <8> <9> <10> <11> <12>

matrix coordinates to geographic coordinates

matrix elements to dms

matrix elements to hms

time units <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7>

coordinate system transforming

coordinate transformations

example using stars

coordinates

converting from geographic to matrix

converting from matrix to geographic

converting types <1> <2> <3>

selecting with mouse

country2mtx <1> <2>

Craster Parabolic projection

Craster, John Evelyn Edmund

cross fix positions

current point from map axes

cylindrical projection

D

de l'Isle, Nicolas

dead reckoning <1> <2>

calculating positions

Deetz, Charles H.

degrees notation

demcmap <1> <2>

departure <1> <2>

Die Rechteckige Plattkarte

Digital Chart of the World

Digital Chart of the World (DCW)

reading digital elevation data

reading gazette

reading headers

reading selected data

digital elevation map, colormap

digital elevation maps

line of sight in

reading data interactively

texture mapping color data onto

digital elevation maps (DEMs)

digital elevation maps (DEMs),defined

displaying

light objects <1> <2>

lighted surfaces <1> <2>

lines <1> <2> <3> <4>

patches <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>

surfaces <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

text <1> <2> <3>

distance

converting to string

converting units <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

See also surface distance

distance See surface distance

distance units

convention for navigation functions

converting between formats

description of formats

dreckon <1> <2>

drift correction

E

Earth

ellipsoid models

Earth See almanac

Eckert I projection

Eckert II projection

Eckert III projection

Eckert IV projection

Eckert V projection <1> <2>

Eckert VI projection

Eckert, Max <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

Edwards, Trystan

Egyptians <1> <2> <3>

elevation

elevation map See digital elevation map

ellipsoid

approximating planetary geoid See almanac

as a geoid model

converting parameters

models for Earth

models for planets

radius of curvature

ellipsoid parameters

conversion <1> <2> <3> <4>

Elliptical projection

Equal-Area Cylindrical projection <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

equal-area projection

Equidistant Azimuthal projection <1> <2> <3> <4>

Equidistant Conic projection

Equidistant Cylindrical projection <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

equidistant projection

Equirectangular projection <1> <2>

ETOPO5 model <1> <2>

Etzlaub, Erhard

external data

DCW data <1> <2>

Fifth Fundamental Catalog of Stars

TIGER ArcInfo files

TIGER FIPS name files

TIGER MIF files

TIGER/Line data

USGS DEM data <1> <2>

USGS DEM filenames

external data sources

F

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) <1> <2>

Federal Information Processing System (FIPS)

Fifth Fundamental Catalog of Stars <1> <2>

fill3m <1> <2>

fillm <1> <2>

fillm <1> <2>

filtering geographic data

fipsname <1> <2>

fixing See navigational fixing <1> <2>

flatearthpoly

Flat-Polar Quartic projection

Fournier II projection

Fournier projection <1> <2>

Fournier, Georges

frame See map frame

framem <1> <2>

G

Gall Isographic projection <1> <2>

Gall Orthographic projection <1> <2>

Gall projection

Gall Stereographic projection <1> <2>

Gall, James <1> <2>

gcm

gcwaypts <1> <2>

general matrix map

projecting <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

projecting shaded relief

general matrix maps

converting to regular matrix maps

displaying image and surface coloring

displaying light shading

displaying shaded relief

See also matrix maps

geographic data structure

creating input mlayers

displaying <1> <2>

extracting data

extracting data from <1> <2>

interacting with objects

geographic mean

geographic points

standard deviation

standard distance

geographic standard deviation

geographic statistics

calculating geographic mean

calculating geographic standard deviation

equal-area coordinate system

equirectangular binning

filtering data sets

geoid

availability for planets

converting ellipsoid parameters

ellipsoid approximation

ellipsoid models for Earth

planets See almanac

globe projection

Gnomic projection

Gnomonic projection

gnomonic projection

Goode Homolosine projection <1> <2>

gradient

graphical user interfaces

See also maptool

graticule

choosing resolution <1> <2>

defined <1> <2>

great circle track

calculating from one point

calculating from two points

great circles

approximating tracks with rhumb lines

calculating points of

converting to small circles

intersection with small circles

Great Soviet World Atlas

grid See map grid

Guide property editor

H

Hammer projection <1> <2> <3>

Hammer-Aitoff projection

handlem <1> <2>

Hassler, Ferdinand Rudolph

Hatano Asymmetrical Equal-Area projection

Hatano, Masataka

help

hidem <1> <2>

histogram

equirectangular

Homolographic projection

Homolosine projection

Hondius, Jodocus

I

indexed maps

modifying colormap

replacing values

inputm <1> <2>

Inset maps

controlling scale

interpolation

latitude and longitude

latitude given longitude

longitude given latitude

interpolation, latitude and longitude

intersection

great circles and small circles

J

Jupiter See almanac

K

Kavraisky V projection

Kavraisky VI projection

Kavraisky, V. V. <1> <2>

korea workspace

L

La Carte Parallélogrammatique

labels

Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area projection

Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection <1> <2>

Lambert Conformal Conic projection

Lambert Equal-Area Azimuthal projection

Lambert Equal-Area Conic projection

Lambert Equal-Area Cylindrical projection <1> <2> <3>

Lambert, Johann Heinrich <1> <2> <3> <4>

latitude and longitude

converting latitude types <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7> <8> <9> <10> <11> <12>

finding corresponding time zone

finding for map entries

interpolation <1> <2> <3> <4>

limits of regular matrix map <1> <2>

See also map frame, setting limits

See also map limits

latitude, defined

legs

course and distance of

Light objects

light objects, displaying

lightm <1> <2>

limitm <1> <2>

line objects <1> <2> <3> <4>

linem <1> <2>

logical maps

calculating surface area

longitude

converting between ranges

longitude, defined

Lorgna projection

Loximuthal projection

loxodromes See rhumb lines

M

map

map axes

accessing properties

accessing properties default values

defining a map projection

defining map projection <1> <2>

differences from standard axes

modifying properties

resetting to default properties

retrieving map structure

retrieving properties

setting properties <1> <2> <3> <4>

map data

extracting from data structures

See also matrix data

See also vector data

map frame

adjusting for a new projection

controlling appearance

displaying <1> <2>

modifying properties

resetting altitude

setting limits <1> <2> <3>

setting properties <1> <2> <3>

trimming objects

trimming objects to

map grid

controlling appearance

displaying <1> <2>

modifying properties

resetting altitude

setting properties <1> <2> <3>

map grid labels

displaying <1> <2>

modifying properties

setting properties <1> <2>

map grid labels, alternate

map legend

map legend vector

map limits

adjusting for a new projection

setting <1> <2>

versus frame limits

map origin See origin

map projection

defined <1> <2>

defining <1> <2>

defining for a map axes

distortion <1> <2>

identification strings

table of properties

two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional

map scale

mapmtx workspace

mapped object

versus standard object

mapped objects

converting from standard objects

manipulating by name

trimming to map frame

maps

mouse tool buttons

Marinus of Tyre <1> <2>

Mars See almanac

MATLAB graphics

matrix data

displaying <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

displaying as lighted <1> <2>

displaying as shaded relief <1> <2>

trimming <1> <2>

matrix map

constructing graticule mesh

encoding regions

replacing elements <1> <2>

matrix maps

coloring <1> <2>

creating base map from

indexed maps <1> <2> <3>

indexed maps,creating

replacing entries <1> <2>

See also general matrix maps

See also regular matrix maps

McBryde, F. Webster <1> <2> <3>

McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic projection

McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic projection

McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal projection

mean of geographic data

mean of geographic points

Mercator Equal-Area projection

Mercator projection <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7>

Mercator, Gerardus <1> <2>

Mercury See almanac

meridian labels

meridian labels, alterate

meridians

controlling display

mesh See graticule mesh

meshgrat <1> <2>

meshlsrm <1> <2>

meshm <1> <2>

Miller Cylindrical projection

Miller, Osborn Maitland

mlabelzero22pi

Mollweide projection <1> <2>

Mollweide, Carl B.

moon

Moon See almanac

mouse

interaction with displayed maps

mouse interactions

defining small circles

processing button down callbacks

selecting coordinates

Murdoch I Conic projection

Murdoch III Minimum Error Conic projection

Murdoch, Patrick <1> <2>

N

NaNs, matrix map

National Geographic Society

navfix <1> <2>

navigation

angular conventions

calculating course and distance

calculating dead reckoning positions

calculating waypoints

connecting waypoints

distance conventions

fixing position <1> <2>

retrieving time zone for longitude <1> <2>

speed conventions

navigational fixing <1> <2> <3>

navigational track

calculating segments between waypoints

navigational track format

navigational tracks

connecting waypoints

Neptune See almanac

newpole <1> <2>

Nordic projection

O

objects

assigning tag <1> <2>

deleting <1> <2>

displaying <1> <2>

editing properties of

modifying zdata <1> <2>

retrieving handle <1> <2>

retrieving name

testing if mapped

oceanlo workspace

ones matrix map

Ordinary Polyconic projection

orientation See origin vector

origin

computing <1> <2>

interactive modification

See also projection aspect

Orthographic projection <1> <2> <3>

orthographic projection

Orthophanic projection

P

parallel labels

parallels

controlling display

patch drawing functions

differences between

patch objects <1> <2> <3> <4>

patches

patchesm <1> <2>

patchm <1> <2>

pcolorm <1> <2>

Peters projection

piloting See navigational fixing

planetary data <1> <2>

Plate Carree projection

Plate Carrée projection <1> <2> <3> <4>

plot3m <1> <2>

plotm <1> <2>

plotm <1> <2>

Pluto See almanac

pole transformation

polybool <1> <2>

Polyconic projection

polyconic projection

polygon

boolean operations

displaying as line object

displaying as patch object

eliminating dateline crossing

extracting segments

intersection points

merging segments

polygon surface area

polyxpoly <1> <2>

position

Postel projection <1> <2>

Postel, Guillaume

projection

projection See map projection

projection aspect

See also origin vector

Projection of Marinus <1> <2>

property editors

Ptolemy, Claudius <1> <2>

Putnins P4 projection

Putnins P5 projection

Putnins, Reinholds V.

Q

quadrangle surface area

Quartic Authalic projection

querying map data

quiver3m <1> <2>

quiverm <1> <2>

R

radians notation

radius of auxiliary sphere

radius of curvature

radius of planets

radius of planets See almanac

range

finding cross fix position

raster data See matrix data

raster maps See matrix maps

reading ASCII files

reckoning <1> <2>

reckoning position

Rectangular projection <1> <2>

reducing data See vector data

regular matrix map

calculating required matrix size

creating colormap

displaying as image

encoding regions

latitude and longitude limits <1> <2>

projecting <1> <2>

projecting shaded relief

retrieving values

seeds for encoding

transforming to new coordinate system origin

regular matrix maps

accessing elements

determining limits

determining size with scaling

displaying <1> <2>

displaying image and surface coloring

displaying shaded relief

See also matrix maps

rhumb line track

calculating from one point

calculating from two points

rhumb lines

approximating great circle tracks with

calculating points

rhumb lines intersection

Robinson projection

Robinson, Arthur H.

russia workspace

Ruysch, Johannes

S

Sanson-Flamsteed projection

Saturn See almanac

scale

scatterm <1> <2>

scatterm <1> <2>

scircleg <1> <2>

seconds notation

setm <1> <2> <3> <4>

shaded relief map

constructing cdata

constructing colormap

general matrix map

regular matrix map

shaded relief maps

showm <1> <2>

Siemon, Karl <1> <2>

Simple Conic projection

Simple Cylindrical projection

simplifying data See vector data

Sinusoidal projection <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

skew-oblique aspect

slope

small circles

calculating <1> <2>

calculating points

defining with mouse

intersection with great circles

speed units

format for navigation functions

Stabius, Johannes

Stab-Werner projection

standard deviation of geographic data

standard deviation of geographic points

standard distance of geographic points

standard parallels

for conic projections

stars workspace <1> <2>

stem plot, example

stem3m <1> <2>

Stereographic projection <1> <2> <3>

stereographic projection

Sun See almanac

surface area

accessing from almanac

measuring logical maps

measuring polygons

measuring quadrangles

planets See almanac

regular matrix map

surface distance

along a parallel See departure

between track waypoints

between two points

surface objects

constructing graticule mesh

projecting <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

projecting lighted <1> <2>

surface objects, displaying

surfacem <1> <2>

surflm <1> <2>

surflsrm <1> <2>

surfm <1> <2>

Sylvanus, Bernardus

symbol plot, example

T

TerrainBase model

text

interacting with

mouse placement

projecting <1> <2>

text objects

trimming to map frame

textm <1> <2>

texture mapping

onto digital elevation maps

Thomas, Paul D. <1> <2> <3>

TIGER data

reading FIPS name files

TIGER/Line data

TIGER Thinned data

TIGER/Line data

time

converting to matrix elements

converting to string

converting units <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7>

time units

conventions for navigation

converting between formats

description of formats

time zone

determining from longitude

time zones

timezone <1> <2>

tissot <1> <2>

tissot indicatrices

Tissot Modified Sinusoidal projection

Tobler, Waldo R.

topo workspace <1> <2>

topographical maps

See digital elevation maps (DEMs)

track

See great circle track

See navigational track

See rhumb line track

track waypoints

track2 <1> <2>

trackg <1> <2>

tracks

See great circles

See rhumb lines

transformation of coordinate system

See coordinate transformation

transverse aspect

Transverse Mercator projection

transverse Mercator projection

trimming data <1> <2>

Trystan Edwards Cylindrical projection <1> <2>

Tunhuang star chart

U

U.S. matrix data

U.S. vector data

creating base maps

medium resolution

units

converting See conversion

See angle units

See distance units

See time units

testing for valid abbreviations

testing for valid strings

Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) projection

Universal Polar Stereographic projection

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection

Universal Transverse Mercator projection <1> <2>

Uranus See almanac

usahi function

usahi workspace

usalo workspace <1> <2> <3>

usamap <1> <2> <3> <4>

usamtx workspace

UserData property

used by the Mapping Toolbox <1> <2>

reading files <1> <2>

returning filenames

usgsdem <1> <2>

UTM

utm

utm

UTM projection <1> <2>

V

valued maps

Van der Grinten I projection

Van der Grinten projection

Van der Grinten, Alphons J.

vec2mtx <1> <2>

vector data

calculating intersections

converting to matrix format

creating <1> <2>

displaying as lines <1> <2> <3> <4>

displaying as patches <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>

geographic interpolation

simplifying/reducing

trimming <1> <2>

trimming data to a region

Vector Map Level 0

vector maps

delineation of objects in

displaying as lines

displaying as patches

vectors

projected directions

Venus See almanac

Vertical Perspective Azimuthal projection

vfwdtran <1> <2>

viewshed

command line interface

importing interactively

low level access

vmap0ui <1> <2>

volume of planets

volume of planets See almanac

von Hammer, H. H. Ernst

W

Wagner I projection

Wagner IV projection

Wagner, Karlheinz <1> <2>

waypoints

calculating <1> <2>

See also track waypoints

selecting with mouse

Werner projection <1> <2>

Werner, Johannes

Wetch Cylindrical projection

Wetch projection

Wiechel projection

Winkel I projection

world matrix data

world vector data

atlas data, high-resolution

atlas data, low-resolution

deleting data with tags

displaying atlas data <1> <2>

extracting data with tags

worldhi workspace

worldlo function <1> <2>

worldlo workspace

worldmap <1> <2> <3>

worldmtxmed workspace

Wright projection

Y

Z

zdatam <1> <2>

Zenithal Equal-Area projection

Zenithal Equidistant projection

Zenithal Equivalent projection

Zenithal projection <1> <2>

zeros

creating matrix map

creating sparse matrix map

zooming in and out of map displays

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