Displaying Polar Plots

iPlot can display multiple types of plots and allows you to manipulate and edit the displays. You can also display polar plots. Here is a simple example of how to display a polar plot.

At the IDL command line, enter: 

iPlot, FINDGEN(20), FINDGEN(20), /POLAR 
 





   
Figure 14-3: A Simple Polar Plot Using the iPlot Tool

  
     




polarplot.gif

Note
The examples/data directory of your IDL 7.1 distribution contains a text file named index.txt. This file lists all data files available in the example directory and also lists their dimensions and values.

Note
For information on how to display plots using the Visualization Palette, see Plot Visualizations.