Re: [Gnuplot-info] Representing large 2D matrix as colormapped pm3d map

[Nicholas K. <n....@us...>]

Okay, thank you for your response.  I will reduce the dataset to a more 
meaningful size.

Nicholas

On 10-05-13 6:16 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Nicholas Kinar wrote:
>
>> I would like to create a dataset which is represented in an ASCII 
>> file as a large 2D matrix.  The matrix has hundreds of columns and 
>> thousands of rows.  I expect that the file will take up at least a 
>> few gigabytes of space.
>>
>> Is there a way to represent this matrix as a pm3d map without having 
>> to let gnuplot load all of the data?
>
> No.  You'll have to reduce that dataset to a manageable size outside 
> gnuplot.  gnuplot is a plotting program, not a general-purpose data 
> processing engine.
>