geoplot3 for subsurface lines

Dear community,

I fing the geoglobe and geoplot3 functions reallly nice and powerful, yet I have been trying to plot a simple case without succeeding.

I want to plot lines that are located below the surface (underground tunnels, wells, etc.). Is there a workaround to play with the ground layer "transparency" to see those lines that are drawn efectively below, but hidden by the surface?

An extract of the code I'm using:

uif = uifigure;
lat=[43.93365285 43.94086810];
lon=[5.48483510 5.48376465];
alt=[483.591 499.640];
g = geoglobe(uif,'Basemap','satellite',"Terrain","gmted2010");
geoplot3(g,lat,lon,alt,'r',"LineWidth",2)
campos(g,43.912,5.465,700);
campitch(g,0)
camheading(g,20)

Thanks a lot in advance.

Answer 1

[Binaya]

Hello Ignacio

To see the lines plotted under the surface layer, you can set "Terrain" as "none" in the "geoglobe" function. This should disable the terrain and you can visualize the plotted lines under the surface. You can also play around "campitch" and "camheading" to change camera positions for visualization.

Here are a few documentation links for your reference:

1. "geoglobe": https://www.mathworks.com/help/map/ref/geoglobe.html
2. "geoplot3": https://www.mathworks.com/help/map/ref/geoplot3.html
3. Globe Projection: https://www.mathworks.com/help/map/globe-display.html?s_tid=CRUX_lftnav#:~:text=expand%20all-,Geographic%20Globe,-Globe%20Projection

Regards