Thread Subject:

How to draw markers on a 2-D colormap plot?

Hi,

I am trying to draw markers on top of a 2D colormap plot. The meshgrid created for the 2D colormap plot will also be the locations of markers on the X-Y plane. However, not all the points from the grid will be plotted; instead, I shall plot only those points that satisfy a predefined condition. Can anybody help me in this regard?

Example:
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figure(1)

I plotted the colormap plot as follows:

V1 = [ ] %length n
V2 = [ ] %length m

DATA = matrix (m, n)

[X,Y] = meshgrid(V1, V2);

  surf(x,y,DATA );

shading interp
set(gca,'cameraposition',[0 0 180])
colormap(jet)
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Now, I would like to plot marker as follows:

plot(V1(),V2(),'o','MarkerSize',10,'MarkerFaceColor','black','MarkerEdgeColor','black')

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I plot this marker and it's found behind the colormap! Is there any way to solve it?

Or, better ways to draw markers on top of a color map?

Thanks in advance,

Shahriar

Hi Shahriar,

You should use plot3.

Let us say condition is DATA<0.5. Then,

Xcond = X(DATA<0.5);
Ycond = Y(DATA<0.5);
Zcond = DATA<0.5;

plot3(Xcond,Ycond,Zcond,'*')

Best.

"Sadik " <sadik.hava@gmail.com> wrote in message <kbo7bf$3om$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hi Shahriar,
>
> You should use plot3.
>
> Let us say condition is DATA<0.5. Then,
>
> Xcond = X(DATA<0.5);
> Ycond = Y(DATA<0.5);
> Zcond = DATA<0.5;
>
> plot3(Xcond,Ycond,Zcond,'*')
>
> Best.

Hi Sadik,

Thanks for your reply. But I am looking to plot markers on X-Y plane and not in 3D. Because, I have a 2-D plot where the colormap is representing the third dimension.

Say, the third dimension is Z-value....

What I am trying is to plot markers on the colormap for some specific values of Z. I am not plotting Z here, but plotting markers with XY location denoted by V1() and V2().

I hope it's clear to you now. Thanks,

Shahriar

You are using surf, I would not consider that to be a 2D plot.

Please give the following a try and you will probably see that it works.'

Best.

Xcond = X(DATA<0.5);
Ycond = Y(DATA<0.5);
Zcond = DATA(DATA<0.5);

surf(X,Y,DATA)
hold on
plot3(Xcond,Ycond,Zcond,'*')

"Sadik " <sadik.hava@gmail.com> wrote in message <kbqhvp$bj$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> You are using surf, I would not consider that to be a 2D plot.
>
> Please give the following a try and you will probably see that it works.'
>
> Best.
>
> Xcond = X(DATA<0.5);
> Ycond = Y(DATA<0.5);
> Zcond = DATA(DATA<0.5);
>
> surf(X,Y,DATA)
> hold on
> plot3(Xcond,Ycond,Zcond,'*')

Hi Sadik,

Thanks a lot. I got the clue from your last comment :) and finally, with a little modification got this working. I added another command "view(2)" after the plot3 command.

Yes, I used surf, but it appears as if the plot is in 2D (due the the "cameraposition" stetting) and the colormap makes the third dimension.

Thanks again.

Shahriar