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# Contours on an Image

You can quickly display image data with contour data overlays, as shown in the example below. The IMAGE and CONTOUR functions allow you to quickly display images and contours and define how you want them to appear. The example shown below displays elevation data as both an image and a contour.

The code shown below includes code comments (starting with a semicolon). The dollar sign ($) indicates a line continuation. You can copy the entire block and paste it into the IDL command line to run it.

RESTORE, FILEPATH('marbells.dat', $

SUBDIRECTORY=['examples', 'data'])

img = IMAGE(elev, RGB_TABLE=13, TITLE='Maroon Bells Elevation Data')

cntr = CONTOUR(elev, N_LEVELS=15, /OVERPLOT)

## Resources

- Changing graphics properties
- Multiple graphics in one window
- Save a graphic
- Displaying surfaces
- Display a surface with contour lines
- View an image
- IMAGE
- CONTOUR
- IDL Graphics Functions
- Formatting IDL Graphics Symbols and Lines