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1.3.5.2. What is griddata? How do I use it to contour irregularly spaced data?

griddata is a function that interpolates your data to generate evenly spaced data for plotting.

Example: x,y,z => irregularly spaced data

xmin=min(x);

ymin=min(y);

xmax=max(x);

ymax=max(y);

xi=xmin:0.02*(xmax-xmin):xmax;

yi=ymin:0.02*(ymax-ymin):ymax;

zi=griddata(x,y,z,xi',yi);

contour(xi,yi,zi)