addCustomTerrain

Add custom terrain data

Since R2022a

Syntax

addCustomTerrain(terrainName,files)

addCustomTerrain(___,Name,Value)

Description

addCustomTerrain(terrainName,files) adds terrain data specified by files for use with the trackingGlobeViewer object. You can add the terrain to the trackingGlobeViewer object through its Terrain property. Custom terrain data is available for current and future sessions of MATLAB^® until you call removeCustomTerrain.

addCustomTerrain(___,Name,Value) adds custom terrain data with additional options specified by one or more name-value pairs.

Input Arguments

terrainName — User-defined identifier for terrain data

string scalar | character vector

User-defined identifier for terrain data, specified as a string scalar or a character vector.

Data Types: char | string

files — Names of DTED files to read

string scalar | character vector | string vector | cell array of character vectors

Names of DTED files to read, specified as a string scalar, a character vector, a string vector, or a cell array of character vectors.

• To add custom terrain from one DTED file, specify files as a string scalar or a character vector.

• To add custom terrain from multiple DTED files, specify files as a string vector or a cell array of character vectors. If you specify multiple files that do not cover a complete rectangular geographic region, you must set the FillMissing name-value argument to true.

The form of each element of files depends on the location of the file.

• If the file is in your current folder or in a folder on the MATLAB path, then specify the name of the file, such as "myFile.dt1".

• If the file is not in the current folder or in a folder on the MATLAB path, then specify the full or relative path name, such as "C:\myfolder\myFile.dt1" or "dataDir\myFile.dt1".

Data Types: char | string | cell

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: 'FillMissing',true

Attribution — Attribution of custom terrain data

character vector | string scalar

Attribution of custom terrain data, specified as a character vector or a string scalar. The attribution is displayed on the tracking globe viewer. By default, the value is empty.

Data Types: char | string

FillMissing — Fill data of missing files with value 0

false (default) | true

Fill data of missing files with value 0, specified as true or false. Missing file values are required to complete a rectangular geographic region with the input files.

Data Types: logical

WriteLocation — Name of folder to write extracted terrain files to

character vector | string scalar

Name of folder to write extracted terrain files to, specified as a character vector or a string scalar. The folder must exist and have write permissions. By default, addCustomTerrain writes extracted terrain files to a temporary folder that it generates using the tempname function.

Data Types: char | string

Tips

• You can find and download DTED files by using EarthExplorer, a data portal provided by the US Geological Survey (USGS). From the list of data sets, search for DTED files by selecting Digital Elevation, SRTM, and then SRTM 1 Arc-Second Global and SRTM Void Filled.

Version History

Introduced in R2022a