Taught by Peter Young
Link pyoung.org site describing IDL plot objects, including exercises with source code and the examples he showed in class.
13 May 2019, Bldg 21 Rm 183 10-1230
Plot objects were introduced to IDL several years ago but unfortunately many people still use the old direct graphics methods (e.g., you use the plot procedure rather than the plot function). There are many advantages to plot objects, and this demo covers the basic features.
Topics that were covered included:
- Making good-quality figures with plot objects for both publications and presentations.
- Plotting images with coordinate information.
- Making time-series plots with objects.
- How to make mp4 movies directly from IDL.
- Some plot object quirks to be careful of.
If you have any other classes you'd like, please let us know. We are looking for an instructor to give an overview of the new IDL machine learning framework.