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Lon Lat positions in chart
Can anyone help me with the following problem?
I have a number of positions in longitudinal and latitude positions. At these positions I have data about the tide.(Water heights to be exact.) I want to plot these heights in a 3D surface in excel, but the grid is irregular. I have tried to set up a regular grid, but then the grid gets too tight and the clarity gets appalling.. Perhaps it is possible to plot the values of the water height in another program such as Google Earth? If anyone has a solution, thanks in advance, Peter |
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Lon Lat positions in chart
Peter,
Excel's graphs (charts) don't allow for continuous placement along an axis as a function of value, except for the XY Scatter chart type, which has two value axes, but it doesn't have a third dimension. Most of the chart types use what are called category axes, where they're spaced regularly regardless of value. You could fake it out by creating lots of categories in your sheet, then putting your values in the nearest one. The Time-scale axis, available in most of the category axis charts, does just that automatically. But it would be some trouble, and the results would not likely be to your liking. There are other graphing packages. Perhaps someone with knowledge will mention them. -- Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Peter" wrote in message ups.com... Can anyone help me with the following problem? I have a number of positions in longitudinal and latitude positions. At these positions I have data about the tide.(Water heights to be exact.) I want to plot these heights in a 3D surface in excel, but the grid is irregular. I have tried to set up a regular grid, but then the grid gets too tight and the clarity gets appalling.. Perhaps it is possible to plot the values of the water height in another program such as Google Earth? If anyone has a solution, thanks in advance, Peter |
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