making a vector based off ginputs

Hi i currently have:

figure(04)

imgstates=imread('PartUSA.tif');

imshow(imgstates);

for i=1:11; %For 11 states

[xcord,ycord] = ginput(6);
xstate(i,:)=xcord;
ystate(i,:)=ycord;
end

giving me two 11X6 matrices with the boundaries of 11 states selected.

my issue is now i am supposed to create a 11x1 vector called myStates. where each row in myStates will contain a state name. The state name in each row should correspond to the coordinates in Xstate and Ystate. For example, if the 3rd row in myStates is ‘CA’, then Xstate(3,:) and Ystate(3,:) should contain the coordinates for California’s bounding box.

any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Put this in the for loop to alert them what state they're supposed to be drawing

promptMessage = sprintf('Please click 6 points for state %s', myStates{i});
titleBarCaption = 'Continue?';
button = questdlg(promptMessage, titleBarCaption, 'OK', 'Cancel', 'OK');
if strcmpi(button, 'Cancel')
  continue; % Skip to end of the loop and continue with loop.
end

Then call ginput(), etc. Be aware that Xstate and xstate are different because MATLAB is case sensitive.