fields (version 6.3)

pushpin: Adds a "push pin" to an existing 3-d plot

Description

Adds to an existing 3-d perspective plot a push pin to locate a specific point.

Usage

pushpin( x,y,z,p.out, height=.05,col="black",text=NULL,adj=-.1,cex=1.0,...)

Arguments

x

x location

y

y location

z

z location

p.out

Projection information returned by persp

height

Height of pin in device coordinates (default is about 5% of the vertical distance ).

col

Color of pin head.

text

Optional text to go next to pin head.

adj

Position of text relative to pin head.

cex

Character size for pin head and/or text

...

Additional graphics arguments that are passed to the text function.

Details

See the help(text) for the conventions on the adj argument and other options for placing text.

See Also

drape.plot,persp

Examples

# Dr. R's favorite New  Zealand Volcano!
     data( volcano)
     M<- nrow( volcano)
     N<- ncol( volcano)
     x<- seq( 0,1,,M)
     y<- seq( 0,1,,N)

     drape.plot( x,y,volcano, col=terrain.colors(128))-> pm 

     max( volcano)-> zsummit
     xsummit<- x[ row( volcano)[volcano==zsummit]]
     ysummit<- y[ col( volcano)[volcano==zsummit]]

pushpin( xsummit,ysummit,zsummit,pm, text="Summit")