scatter

scatter(cmd0::String="", arg1=nothing; kwargs...)

Reads (x,y) pairs and plot symbols at those locations on a map/figure. The input can either be a file name of a file with at least two columns (x,y), but optionally more, a GMTdatset object with also two or more columns.

This module is a subset of plot to make it simpler to draw scatter plots. So many (fine) controlling parameters are not listed here. For a finer control, user should consult the plot module.

Required Arguments

There are no required arguments but

Optional Arguments

• B or axes or frame
  Set map boundary frame and axes attributes. Default is to draw and annotate left and bottom axes. Extended at frame

• J or proj : – proj=<parameters>
  Select map projection. Default is linear and 14 cm width. Extended at proj

• R or region or limits : – limits=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax) | limits=(BB=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax),) | limits=(LLUR=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax),units="unit") | ...more
  Specify the region of interest. Default limits are computed from data extents. Extended at limits

• G or markerfacecolor or MarkerFaceColor or mc or fill
  Select color or pattern for filling of symbols [Default is no fill]. Note that scatter will search for fill and pen settings in all the segment headers (when passing a GMTdaset or file of a multi-segment dataset) and let any values thus found over-ride the command line settings (but those must be provided in the terse GMT syntax). See Setting color for extend color selection (including color map generation).

• S or symbol or marker or Marker or shape : – Default is circle with a diameter of 7 points

  • symbol=symbol string
    A full GMT compact string.
  • symbol=(symb=??, size=??, unit=??)
    Where symb is one Symbols like :circle, size is symbol size in cm, unless unit is specified i.e. :points

  In alternative to the symbol keyword, user can select the symbol name with eithermarker or shape and symbol size withmarkersizeorms. The value of these keywords can be either numeric (symb meaning size in cm) or string if an unit is appended, *e.g.* markersize="5p" This form of symbol selection allows also to specify a variable symbol size. All it's need for this is that the keyword's value be an array with the same number of elements as the number of data points.

• figname or savefig or name :: figname=name.png
  Save the figure with the figname=name.ext where ext chooses the figure format

Examples

A simple scatter of ten points plotted as red circles of 7 points size

    scatter(1:10,rand(10), fill=:red, show=true)

A plot where symbol's size grows linearly

    sizevec = [s for s = 1:10] ./ 10;
    scatter(1:10, 1:10, markersize = sizevec, marker=:square, fill=:green, show=1)

See also

The GMT man page