globefill documentation
The globefill function plots a filled globe. Optional inputs control the appearance and behavior of the globe.
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Syntax
globefill globefill(...,'color',ColorSpec) globefill(...,'radius',GlobeRadius) h = globefill(...)
Description
globefill creates a white globe that can be used to fill the empty space of such plots as globeplot.
globefill(...,'color',ColorSpec) specifies the color of the filled globe.
globefill(...,'radius',Radius) specifies the radius of the sphere as Radius. By default, the radius is 6307.3, which is 99 percent of the standard Earth 6371 km Earth radius. The globefill radius is slightly smaller than the standard radius used by other globe* functions to prevent unwanted interactions.
h = globefill(...) returns the handle h of the plotted objects.
Example 1
Plot a simple white globe:
figure
globefill
camlight
material dull
(For the figure above we had to turn on camlight because without the fancy lighting, a white globe on a white background would be invisible.)
Add a graticule:
globegraticule('linestyle','--')
Example 2
Plot a reddish brown globe of radius 2500 km, and then add a black globegraticule at the default Earth radius:
figure globefill('color',rgb('reddish brown'),'radius',2500) globegraticule('color','k') camlight
Author Info
This function and supporting documentation were written by Natalie S. Wolfenbarger for the Climate Data Toolbox for Matlab, 2019.