GeoStreamPlot

GeoStreamPlot[vecs]

generates a stream plot from the field of geo vectors vecs.

GeoStreamPlot[{vecs1,vecs2,}]

generates a separate set of streams for each vecsi.

Details and Options

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Generate a stream plot from a field of vectors represented by magnitude and bearing:

Generate a stream plot from a field of vectors represented by east and north components:

Scope  (18)

Data  (9)

Plot streamlines for a collection of vectors, and give a geographical range for the domain:

Use GeoVector to represent a collection of vectors with moduli m and bearings α:

Use GeoVectorENU to represent a collection of vectors of components ve and vn:

Use Quantity to represent a list of vectors using distance units:

Use QuantityArray to represent an array of quantity vectors:

Plot an irregular collection of vectors:

Explicitly set the number of streamlines:

Plot two sets of streamlines:

Plot a vector field with streamlines placed with specified densities:

Plot wind data over the United States:

Presentation  (9)

Plot streamlines for multiple vector fields:

Place legends for each dataset:

Plot streamlines on a map with small or large arrows:

Plot streamlines on a map with arrows colored according to the magnitude of the field:

Apply a streamline style:

Specify a maximum number of streamlines:

Plot the streamlines that go through a set of seed coordinates:

Show streamlines over a satellite map:

Use the Albers projection centered on Champaign, IL:

Add grid lines and a scale bar:

Use a theme with bright colors:

Change the stream style:

Options  (26)

GeoBackground  (1)

Show streamlines over a satellite map:

GeoCenter  (1)

By default, the world map is located at {0,0} coordinates:

Center the streamlined map on Champaign, IL:

Use a different GeoProjection:

GeoGridLines  (1)

Use GeoGridLines to overlay the map with lines of latitude and longitude:

Draw GeoGridLines at specific lines of latitude and longitude:

GeoGridLinesStyle  (1)

Use GeoGridLinesStyle to change the styling for lines of latitude and longitude:

GeoModel  (1)

Plot streamlines of a random vector field over a map of the Moon:

GeoProjection  (1)

A world map is shown by default in the equirectangular projection:

Show the streamlines over a map in the Albers projection:

Use different map projections:

GeoRange  (1)

Use GeoRange to define the latitude and longitude coordinate ranges:

GeoRangePadding  (1)

By default, no padding is added to the vector map:

Use GeoRangePadding to pad the coordinate range for the map:

Use GeoRangePadding to pad the coordinate range for the map:

GeoScaleBar  (1)

Show a vector map with no geo scale:

Display the geo scale in kilometers:

Show a geo scale in metric and imperial:

GeoServer  (1)

By default, GeoVectorPlot downloads geo background tiles from the Wolfram GeoServer:

Use an alternative tile server:

GeoZoomLevel  (1)

Display wind directions over a map of New York City at the default GeoZoomLevel:

Display the vector map at different levels of magnification:

PerformanceGoal  (1)

Emphasize performance, possibly at the cost of quality:

PlotLabel  (1)

Specify an overall label for the plot:

PlotLegends  (1)

Add legends with placeholder text:

Specify labels for the legend:

Place the legend below the plot:

Control the appearance of the legend:

PlotTheme  (1)

Use a theme with high-contrast colors:

Change the stream style:

RegionFunction  (2)

Plot wind data over the United States:

Plot streamlines from wind data over a specific area set by RegionFunction:

StreamColorFunction  (1)

Color streamlines according to the norm of the vector field:

Use any named color gradient from ColorData:

Specify a color function that blends two colors by the coordinate:

Use StreamColorFunctionScaling->False to get unscaled values:

StreamColorFunctionScaling  (1)

By default, scaled values are used:

Use StreamColorFunctionScalingFalse to get unscaled values:

Use unscaled coordinates in the direction and scaled coordinates in the direction:

Explicitly specify the scaling for each color function argument:

StreamMarkers  (3)

Streamlines are drawn as arrows by default:

Use a named appearance to draw the streamlines:

Use different markers for different vector fields:

Named arrow styles:

Named dot styles:

Named pointer styles:

Named dart styles:

StreamPoints  (1)

Specify a maximum number of streamlines:

Use symbolic names to specify the number of streamlines:

Specify the minimum distance between streamlines:

Specify the minimum distance between streamlines at the start and end of a streamline:

Specify streamlines that go through a set of seed coordinates:

Specify streamlines that go through North and South America:

Use both automatic and explicit seeding with styles for explicitly seeded streamlines:

Specify the minimum distance between streamlines at the start and end of a streamline:

Control the maximum length that each streamline can have:

StreamScale  (1)

Create full streamlines without segmentation:

Use curves for streamlines:

Use symbolic names to control the lengths of streamlines:

Specify segment lengths:

Specify an explicit dashing pattern for streamlines:

Specify the number of points rendered on each streamline segment:

Specify absolute aspect ratios relative to the longest line segment:

Specify relative aspect ratios relative to each line segment:

Scale the length of the arrows by the longitudinal coordinate:

StreamStyle  (2)

Apply a variety of styles to the streamlines:

Specify a custom arrowhead:

Set the style for multiple vector fields:

Applications  (2)

Generate streamlines from the magnetic direction field on the North Pole:

Plot streamlines of the wind vector field during Hurricane Florence in September 2018:

Properties & Relations  (12)

GeoVectorPlot shows the vector field with discrete arrows:

Use GeoBubbleChart to show values with scaled bubbles:

Use GeoRegionValuePlot to show values with colored regions:

Use GeoHistogram to aggregate locations into bins:

Use GeoSmoothHistogram to generate smooth densities from locations:

Use GeoListPlot for individual locations:

Draw contours on a map with GeoContourPlot:

Smoothly shade a map using color with GeoDensityPlot:

Use ListVectorPlot or ListStreamPlotfor general data:

Use ListVectorDensityPlot or ListStreamDensityPlot to include a density plot of a scalar field:

Use VectorDisplacementPlot to visualize the effect of a displacement field:

Use ListVectorPlot3D and ListStreamPlot3D to visualize 3D vector field data:

Wolfram Research (2019), GeoStreamPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoStreamPlot.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2019), GeoStreamPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoStreamPlot.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2019. "GeoStreamPlot." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoStreamPlot.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2019). GeoStreamPlot. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoStreamPlot.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_geostreamplot, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GeoStreamPlot}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoStreamPlot.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_geostreamplot, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GeoStreamPlot}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoStreamPlot.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-November-2024 ]}