tbase

(Removed) Read 5-minute global terrain elevations from TerrainBase

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The tbase function has been removed. Use the readgeoraster function instead. For more information, see Version History.

Syntax

[Z,refvec] = tbase(scalefactor)
[Z,refvec] = tbase(scalefactor,latlim,lonlim)

Description

[Z,refvec] = tbase(scalefactor) reads the data for the entire world, reducing the resolution of the data by the specified scale factor. The result is returned as a regular data grid and an associated three-element referencing vector.

[Z,refvec] = tbase(scalefactor,latlim,lonlim) reads the data for the part of the world within the latitude and longitude limits. The limits must be two-element vectors in units of degrees.

Background

TerrainBase is a global model of terrain and bathymetry on a regular 5-minute grid (approximately 10 km resolution). It is a compilation of the public domain data from almost 20 different sources, including the DCW-DEM and ETOPO5. The data set was created by the National Geophysical Data Center and World Data Center-A for Solid Earth Geophysics in Boulder, Colorado.

Examples

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Set the scale factor to 1 and set the longitude and latitude limits. This example reads the data for Korea and Japan.

scalefactor = 1;
latlim = [30 45];
lonlim = [115 145];

Read the data and view the size of the returned variables.

[Z,refvec] = tbase(scalefactor,latlim,lonlim);
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Name       Size         Bytes  Class

 Z        180x360       518400  double array
 refvec     1x3             24  double array

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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