[R] 3d plot of earth with cut

[Balint Radics]

Thanks for your idea. It should be a 2D slice/plane embedded into a 3D
space. Could be static, I just need to make a single figure from it for
illustration of the Earth together with its interior in 3D. So, the
interior would be a slice in 2D along a fixed longitude. And along this 2D
slice would be a heatmap. Again, embedded in 3D, since it would be shown as
a slice of Earth in 3D.

Duncan’s suggestion is almost exactly what I need so I will try that as a
start. Like that it is rotateable which is not a must, but it helps to
figure out which angle of view is the best, I hope i can save it as a PDF
or image.

Also, happy to try other solutions as well, if you think I overcomplicate
it!

Balint

On Thu 22. Oct 2020 at 23:54, aBBy Spurdle, ⍺XY <spurdle.a using gmail.com> wrote:

> If you have "value" as a function of latitude and radius, isn't that a
> 2D (not 3D) scalar field?
> Which can be plotted using a regular heatmap.
>
> If you want a curved edge where depth=0 (radius=?), that's not too
> difficult to achieve.
> Not quite sure what continent boundaries mean in this context, but
> that could possibly be added to.
>
> Or do you want a 2D slice superimposed within a 3D space?
>
> And if so, does it need to be dynamic?
> (i.e. Rotate the whole thing, with a trackball/mouse).
>
> Note that the further you go down the list above, the more work is
> required.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 7:41 AM Balint Radics <balintradics using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Could someone suggest a package/way to make a 3D raster plot of the Earth
> > (with continent boundaries), and then make a "cut" or "slice" of it such
> > that one can also visualize some scalar quantity as a function of the
> > Radius/Depth across that given slice ?
> >
> > Formally, I would have a given, fixed longitude, and a list of vectors
> > {latitude, radius, Value}
> > that would show the distribution of the quantity "Value" at various
> depths
> > and latitudes in 3D.
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance,
> > Balint
> >
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