Re: [R] 3d plot of earth with cut

2020-10-22 Thread aBBy Spurdle , ⍺XY
> It should be a 2D slice/plane embedded into a 3D space. I was able to come up with the plot, attached. My intention was to plot national boundaries on the surface of a sphere. And put the slice inside. However, I haven't (as yet) worked out how to get the coordinates for the boundaries. Let me

Re: [R] 3d plot of earth with cut

2020-10-22 Thread aBBy Spurdle , ⍺XY
If you have "value" as a function of latitude and radius, isn't that a 2D (not 3D) scalar field? Which can be plotted using a regular heatmap. If you want a curved edge where depth=0 (radius=?), that's not too difficult to achieve. Not quite sure what continent boundaries mean in this context, but