Compare: persp(matrix(c(1,1,NA,NA, 1,1,NA,NA, 1,NA,NA,NA, 1,NA,NA,1), 4,4), zlim=c(0,2))
persp(matrix(c(1,1,0,0, 1,1,0,0, 1,0,0,0, 1,0,0,1), 4,4), zlim=c(0,2)) -- David. On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:01 PM, David Winsemius wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 1:14 AM, jas wrote: > >> Hello David, >> thanks again for your reply. >> >> Two things remain unclear. That the data is disjointed is ok, as there are >> only values in hectares, where there are actually buildings and stuff, >> forest/nature is NA. >> >> The presp-scan that I get from persp(grd) has no similarity to the image in >> 2d. My guess is that the order and regularity in the data somehow gets lost >> in the process of making the matrix?! > > I think the disjointedness is the problem. There are many values where there > is no adjacent value in one direction of another and so no tessellation can > be formed. If you look at the image result and note the places where there > are "solid values" in both x and y directions I think the overall patterns > match up. The image result is more faithful to the data. > >> >> The grid-extraction that I uploaded contains 40x20 cells. if its a bigger >> grid with 7million cells, does it still work the same way or can the vectors >> only be a maximum of 100 cells? > > Might be a performance problem although I don't think it is theoretically > impossible. An 8000 x 8000 matrix consumed my full CPU resources and > essentially locked up my session. I'm in the process of deciding when to halt > it. > > Are you aware that there are far more knowledgeable persons than I that hang > out at the R-SIG-Geo list? > > -- > David > >> >> Thank you for your help >> jas >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/3D-plots-of-2D-grids-tp4658517p4658639.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.