make a surface from ground up to desired altitude in matlab on map in matlab

To create a surface from ground up to a desired altitude on a map in MATLAB, you can use the meshgrid function to create a grid of latitude and longitude points, and then use the surfl or surf function to generate the surface plot.

Here is an example code snippet to illustrate the process:

main.m
% Define the latitude and longitude ranges
latRange = [minLatitude maxLatitude];
lonRange = [minLongitude maxLongitude];

% Define the step size for generating the grid
stepSize = 0.01;

% Generate the grid using meshgrid
[lonGrid, latGrid] = meshgrid(lonRange(1):stepSize:lonRange(2), latRange(1):stepSize:latRange(2));

% Create an array of altitude values corresponding to each point on the grid
altitudeGrid = desiredAltitude * ones(size(lonGrid));

% Plot the surface
figure;
surfl(latGrid, lonGrid, altitudeGrid);
axis vis3d;

% Customize plot appearance
xlabel('Latitude', 'FontSize', 12);
ylabel('Longitude', 'FontSize', 12);
zlabel('Altitude', 'FontSize', 12);
title('Surface Plot', 'FontSize', 14);

% Add a color map for visualizing altitude
colormap('gray');
colorbar;

% Add a map background
geoshow('landareas.shp', 'FaceColor', 'w', 'EdgeColor', 'k');
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In this code, you need to specify the minLatitude, maxLatitude, minLongitude, and maxLongitude to define the region of interest on the map. The desiredAltitude variable should be set to the desired altitude value for the entire surface. The stepSize can be adjusted to control the resolution of the grid.

The surfl function is used to create a surface plot with both the surface and the underlying mesh displayed. If you want to create a surface plot without the mesh, you can use the surf function instead.

The resulting plot will display a surface from the ground up to the desired altitude in the specified region, with the latitude and longitude values on the axes. You can customize the plot appearance and add additional features as needed.

Remember to replace the example 'landareas.shp' file with the appropriate shapefile for your desired map background.

I hope this helps!