Project 3D surface onto 2D plot

Hi all,

I have a set of X,Y,Z data where X and Y represent coordinates and Z the corresponding elevation. How can I now plot a 2D image with the projection of the 3D surface on it?

In stead of:

I'd like to have something like this:

Thanks!

[Oles Matsyshyn]

imagesc(X,Y,Z)

axis equal

colorbar

Answer 1

[Hyunjung Lee]

To look at the surface directly overhead of a colored surface, add the following lines after plotting,

shading interp % this changes the color shading (i.e. gets rid of the grids lines on the surface)
view(2) % same as view(0, 90)

Hope this helps!