Scale bar without axis

I am looking to include a scale bar (like for maps except for a variable of my own choosing) while turning off the axis (Picture worth 100 words: See attached image). Would anyone know how to do this or point me out to the appropriate resource?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

I strongly recommend Add a scale bar to my plot!

Answer 2

[Chad Greene]

Do it manually by plotting a line and adding text:

plot(1:100,cosd(1:100),'b'); 
hold on

plot([80 80 90],[.9 .8 .8],'k-','linewidth',3); 
text(85,.8,'10 x units','horiz','center','vert','top'); 
text(80,.85,'0.1 y units ','horiz','right','vert','middle');

[Muhammad Usman Saleem]

good answer

[Lee Key]

Hi

How to add scale bar to a map (plot) with latitudes and longitudes? I produce the map and would like to add scale bar and overlay onto the map bottom left hand corner.

Below is my code that produces the map. Would kindly appreciate your kind support.

S = gshhs('gshhs_i.b');

levels = [S.Level];

L1 = S(levels == 1);

latlim = [-20 0];

lonlim = [145 180];