fractal_coastline

fractal_coastline, a MATLAB code which uses perturbed Bezier interpolation to create a fractal coastline from a crude outline of a state, country, island, or even any general closed polygonal curve.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

fractal_coastline is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

fractal_coastline_test

matlab_plots, a MATLAB code which uses plotting to illustrate a mathematical structure, such as an iterative map, a fractal, a curve or surface.

Reference:

1. David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
   Numerical Methods and Software,
   Prentice Hall, 1989,
   ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
   LC: TA345.K34.

Source Code:

• coastline_display.m, displays a closed polygonal curve.
• coastline_perturb.m, replaces a closed polygonal curve with a new version by inserting a perturbed point midway between each pair of original points.
• s_escape_tex.m, keeps MATLAB from misinterpreting an underscore in a filename.