Why does the WORLDMAP command produce a map that is partially blank in the Mapping Toolbox 2.0.2 (R14)?

Question

MathWorks Support Team 2009-6-27

I use the following command to produce a map of Antarctica:

figure; 
worldmap([-90 -60], [0 360]);

The resulting figure shows only half of the map. The other half of the map appears blank.

Answer 1

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 2 (R14SP2). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

There is a bug in the Mapping Toolbox 2.0.2 (R14) which affects the display of map data that spans longitude 180 degrees.

To work around this issue, specify the longitude limits between -180 to 180 instead of from 0 to 360, as in the following code:

figure; 
worldmap([-90 -60], [-180 180]);