ChartDirector 5.1 (ColdFusion Edition)

Scattered Data Contour Chart




This example demonstrates using scattered data for the contour layer.

In previous contour chart examples, the data are gridded, which means the data points lie on a rectangular grid.

ChartDirector also supports scattered data points, which means the data points can be at arbitrary positions. In this example, in additional to a contour layer added using XYChart.addContourLayer, there is also a scatter layer added using XYChart.addScatterLayer to show the positions of the data points.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/scattercontour.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// The (x, y, z) coordinates of the scattered data
dataX = Array(0.5, 1.9, 4.9, 1.0, 8.9, 9.8, 5.9, 2.9, 6.8, 9.0, 0.0, 8.9, 1.9, 4.8,
    2.4, 3.4, 7.9, 7.5, 4.8, 7.5, 9.5, 0.4, 8.9, 0.9, 5.4, 9.4, 2.9, 8.9, 0.9, 8.9,
    10.0, 1.0, 6.8, 3.8, 9.0, 5.3, 6.4, 4.9, 4.5, 2.0, 5.4, 0.0, 10.0, 3.9, 5.4, 5.9,
    5.8, 0.3, 4.4, 8.3);
dataY = Array(3.3, 3.0, 0.7, 1.0, 9.3, 4.5, 8.4, 0.1, 0.8, 0.1, 9.3, 1.8, 4.3, 1.3,
    2.3, 5.4, 6.9, 9.0, 9.8, 7.5, 1.8, 1.4, 4.5, 7.8, 3.8, 4.0, 2.9, 2.4, 3.9, 2.9,
    2.3, 9.3, 2.0, 3.4, 4.8, 2.3, 3.4, 2.3, 1.5, 7.8, 4.5, 0.9, 6.3, 2.4, 6.9, 2.8,
    1.3, 2.9, 6.4, 6.3);
dataZ = Array(6.6, 12.5, 7.4, 6.2, 9.6, 13.6, 19.9, 2.2, 6.9, 3.4, 8.7, 8.4, 7.8,
    8.0, 9.4, 11.9, 9.6, 15.7, 12.0, 13.3, 9.6, 6.4, 9.0, 6.9, 4.6, 9.7, 10.6, 9.2,
    7.0, 6.9, 9.7, 8.6, 8.0, 13.6, 13.2, 5.9, 9.0, 3.2, 8.3, 9.7, 8.2, 6.1, 8.7, 5.6,
    14.9, 9.8, 9.3, 5.1, 10.8, 9.8);

// Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 540 pixels
c = cd.XYChart(450, 540);

// Add a title to the chart using 15 points Arial Italic font
c.addTitle("      Contour Chart with Scattered Data", "Arial Italic", 15);

// Set the plotarea at (65, 40) and of size 360 x 360 pixels. Use semi-transparent
// black (c0000000) for both horizontal and vertical grid lines
c.setPlotArea(65, 40, 360, 360, -1, -1, -1, "0xc0000000", -1);

// Set x-axis and y-axis title using 12 points Arial Bold Italic font
c.xAxis().setTitle("X-Axis Title Place Holder", "Arial Bold Italic", 10);
c.yAxis().setTitle("Y-Axis Title Place Holder", "Arial Bold Italic", 10);

// Set x-axis and y-axis labels to use Arial Bold font
c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold");
c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold");

// When x-axis and y-axis color to transparent
c.xAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent);
c.yAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent);

// Add a scatter layer to the chart to show the position of the data points
c.addScatterLayer(dataX, dataY, "", cd.Cross2Shape(0.2), 7, "0x000000");

// Add a contour layer using the given data
layer = c.addContourLayer(dataX, dataY, dataZ);

// Move the grid lines in front of the contour layer
c.getPlotArea().moveGridBefore(layer);

// Add a color axis (the legend) in which the top center is anchored at (245, 455).
// Set the length to 330 pixels and the labels on the top side.
cAxis = layer.setColorAxis(245, 455, cd.TopCenter, 330, cd.Top);

// Add a bounding box to the color axis using the default line color as border.
cAxis.setBoundingBox(cd.Transparent, cd.LineColor);

// Add a title to the color axis using 12 points Arial Bold Italic font
cAxis.setTitle("Color Legend Title Place Holder", "Arial Bold Italic", 10);

// Set color axis labels to use Arial Bold font
cAxis.setLabelStyle("Arial Bold");

// Set the color axis range as 0 to 20, with a step every 2 units
cAxis.setLinearScale(0, 20, 2);

// Output the chart
chart1URL = c.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart1");

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    Scattered Data Contour Chart
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<cfoutput>
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <a href='viewsource.cfm?file=#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#'>View Source Code</a>
</div>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1URL#" />
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>