[R] surface3d grid from xyz dataframe

[Alexander.Herr at csiro.au]

Hi List,

I am trying to plot a grid with an overlayed height. I have a dataframe
with four variables:
x,y,gridvalue,height. The dataframe has 2.5mio observations (ie grid
points),

I assign colors through the gridvalue using map_color_gradient thus
producing:
x,y,gridvalue,height,gridcol as variables of the dataframe. The grid
dimensions are 1253 x 2001 (=2507253 data points).

My attempts with surface3d fail, mainly because I cannot produce the
matrix required for the height input. 

elev.to.list{CTFS} fails with: "Error in matrix(elevfile$elev, nrow=
1+ydim/gridsize, ncol=1+xdim/gridsize. : attempt to set an attribute on
NULL" which I assume means it requires a square grid (=quadrates).

Any ideas/help appreciated
Thanks
Herry


Dr Alexander Herr
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