wmremove

Remove overlay on web map

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Syntax

wmremove()

wmremove(h)

Description

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wmremove() removes the overlay most recently inserted into the current web map.¹

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wmremove(h) removes the overlay or overlays specified by the scalar overlay handle or vector of overlay handles, h.

Examples

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Remove a Marker Overlay

Draw a marker on a web map. wmmarker creates the web map. Pause, and then remove the marker overlay.

wmmarker(42, -73);
pause(1);
wmremove()

Remove Multiple Overlays

Draw several marker overlays on a web map. wmmarker creates the web map. Pause, and then remove the marker overlays, specifying a vector of overlay handles.

h1 = wmmarker(42, -80);
h2 = wmmarker(42, -78);
pause(1);
wmremove([h1 h2])

Remove Line Overlay

Create a web map.

wm = webmap();

Load coastline data and display it as an overlay on the web map.

load coastlines
h = wmline(coastlat, coastlon);

Remove the overlay specified by h.

wmremove(h)

Input Arguments

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`h` — Web map overlay
scale overlay handle or vector of overlay handles

Web map overlay, specified as a scalar overlay handle or a vector of overlay handles.

Version History

Introduced in R2013b