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8.2.45.81 octave.dataset.volcano ¶

Static Method: out = volcano () ¶

Topographic Information on Auckland’s Maunga Whau Volcano

Description ¶

Maunga Whau (Mt Eden) is one of about 50 volcanos in the Auckland volcanic field. This data set gives topographic information for Maunga Whau on a 10m by 10m grid.

Format ¶

A matrix volcano with 87 rows and 61 columns, rows corresponding to grid lines running east to west and columns to grid lines running south to north.

Source ¶

Digitized from a topographic map by Ross Ihaka. These data should not be regarded as accurate.

References ¶

Box, G. E. P. and Jenkins, G. M. (1976). Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Control. San Francisco: Holden-Day. p. 537.

Brockwell, P. J. and Davis, R. A. (1991). Time Series: Theory and Methods. Second edition. New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 414.

Examples ¶

octave.dataset.volcano;

# TODO: Figure out how to do a topo map in Octave. Just a gridded color plot
# should be fine. And then maybe do a 3-d mesh plot.