Re: question about 3D plot with inserted graphic

paai wrote:
> I have a dataset with three columns: x y z. The first two are the
> coordinates of dutch cities; the third column is an integer. I want
> a picture of a map of Holland with the cities and on every city a column
> with height z.
> 
> I tried things like splot "< dataset" with impulses, but all columns
> seem to be the same length. Also, I have no idea how to project a map of
> Holland under the graph.

Tricky.  Please have a look at "help vector", "help using" and "help
image".  If the map is in a PNG file, you may want to convert it
using "pngtopnm -plain map.png >map.pam" to get a gnuplot-parsable
text file for use with "image".

Juergen