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Geographic Visualization

Geographic Visualization in Mathematica 10

The Wolfram Language introduces GeoGraphics, an extension of its powerful graphical functionality to produce maps. GeoGraphics offers full automation and freedom to handle cartographic projections, choice of zoom (from the whole Earth down to meter scale), map styling (street maps, relief maps, ...), and much more. GeoGraphics introduces new geographical elements adapted to the surface of the Earth (like geodesics or rhumb lines for navigation) and has integrated access to the large corpus of geographical information in Wolfram|Alpha through the new Entity framework.

  • Powerful, simple, unified approach to maps through the use of GeoGraphics, an extension of the successful Graphics paradigm in the Wolfram Language.
  • New geographical primitives, like GeoPath (geodesics, rhumb lines, parallels, etc.), GeoDisk, and GeoVisibleRegion. Also new time-aware primitives like DayHemisphere and DayNightTerminator.
  • Integration of the Wolfram Language Graphics capabilities, image processing, geodesy computations, statistical analysis, and access to the very large corpus of information in Wolfram|Alpha through the Entity framework.
  • Support for standard cartographic projections and coordinate systems, both for spherical and ellipsoidal Earth models. Integrated and simultaneous use of lat, loncoordinates and projected coordinates.
  • Real-time retrieval of map backgrounds from the Wolfram|Alpha servers, with fully automated choice of coordinate ranges and zoom levels.
  • Download elevation data for any region of the world or along any path, complementing the 2D GeoGraphics map representation. Create relief or contour maps based on elevation.

Show the Global Context of a Local Map »
Map the Wembo-Nyama Ring Structure »
Show Map Distortion with Tissot's Indicatrix »
Use Any Map Projection »

Make a Map That Wraps a Globe »
Make a Cubic Earth »
Plot the Course of the Tokyo Marathon »
Plot the Paths of Shadows Cast by the Sun »

Compare Historic and Contemporary Maps »
Map the North Pole and Arctic Circle »
Show Populations around Amusement Parks »
Diagram the Elevation Profile of the Mariana Trench »

Map the Bridges of Pittsburgh »
Show the Day and Night Hemispheres »
Compare a Flight Path to Geodesic and Rhumb Lines »
Overlay a Street Map with a Contour Map »

Plot the Density of Library Books in the United States »