I want to drew a map based on longitude and latitude limits and i want the to see the countries borders

Hey I m new to matlab so this might be basic stuff.

I have data that i want to plot on a map of the middel east. plotting I got the handel of.

i tried using world map, but i dont want the all map off the world, i just want the midel east, preferably i would like a finction that alows me to load a map according to longitude and latitude limits (and present them).

i also wanted to see the countries borders on the map, when i tries using 'borders' finction matlab said: "Unrecognized function or variable 'borders' " i use matlab R2021b

help please,

and thank you!

Answer 1

[Kevin Holly]

figure
ax=axes;
land = readgeotable("landareas.shp");
geoshow(land,"FaceColor",[0.15 0.5 0.15])
lakes = readgeotable("worldlakes.shp");
geoshow(lakes,"FaceColor","blue")
rivers = readgeotable("worldrivers.shp");
geoshow(rivers,"Color","blue")
ax.XLim = [14 80]; %Longitude
ax.YLim=[10 45]; %Latitude

figure
worldmap([10 45],[14 80])
geoshow(land,"FaceColor",[0.15 0.5 0.15])
geoshow(lakes,"FaceColor","blue")
geoshow(rivers,"Color","blue")

I believe the border function you are looking for is found on the File Exchange here.

[Steven Lord]

Note that many of the functions used in this answer (readgeotable and geoshow in particular) are part of Mapping Toolbox, so you would need to have that toolbox licensed and installed to use those functions.

If you do have Mapping Toolbox the toolbox includes some data files that could be useful as well as functions that allow you to access geospatial data online.