clear; clc; close all

% Arrows in the following
% red = 0 to 90 degrees (counterclockwise)
% green = 91 to 180 degrees
% blue = 181 to 270 degrees
% cyan = 271 to 360 degrees
% Data is organize as (x, y, theta in degrees)
data = [1 1 120
2 2 190
3 3 220
4 5 60
6 2 150
7 4 280
8 1 310];

% Plot to figure 1
figure(1);

% Identify data from 1st quadrant and store in q1, identify data from 2nd quadrant
% goes to q2, and so on. A value of 1 indicates it is in the quadrant, 0 otherwise
q1 = (data(:,3) <= 90);
q2 = (data(:,3) > 90) .* (data(:,3) <= 180);
q3 = (data(:,3) > 180) .* (data(:,3) <= 270);
q4 = (data(:,3) > 271) .* (data(:,3) <= 360);

hold on; 
% See DOC QUIVER
% Use QUIVER to specify the start point (tail of the arrow) and direction based on angle
% q1, q2, q3, and q4 are used to generate four different QUIVER handles (h1, h2, h3, and h4)
% This is necessary for varying colors based on direction
% Based on equations: x = x0 + r*cos(theta), y = y0 + r*sin(theta)
% In the usage below, x0 = data(:,1), y0 = data(:,2), theta = data(:,3) * pi / 180
% Can also specify a scale factor as the last argument to quiver (not specified below)

h1 = quiver(data(q1 == 1,1), data(q1 == 1,2), cos(data(q1 == 1,3) * pi/180), sin(data(q1 == 1,3) * pi/180));
h2 = quiver(data(q2 == 1,1), data(q2 == 1,2), cos(data(q2 == 1,3) * pi/180), sin(data(q2 == 1,3) * pi/180)); % sin is negative in 2nd quadrant
h3 = quiver(data(q3 == 1,1), data(q3 == 1,2), cos(data(q3 == 1,3) * pi/180), sin(data(q3 == 1,3) * pi/180));
h4 = quiver(data(q4 == 1,1), data(q4 == 1,2), cos(data(q4 == 1,3) * pi/180), sin(data(q4 == 1,3) * pi/180)); % cos is negative in 4th quadrant

% Set colors to red for 1st quadrant, blue for 2nd, green for 3rd, cyan for 4th
% Also, turn scaling off. get(h1) will return additional property-value pairs
set(h1, 'Color', [1 0 0], 'AutoScale', 'off')
set(h2, 'Color', [0 1 0], 'AutoScale', 'off')
set(h3, 'Color', [0 0 1], 'AutoScale', 'off')
set(h4, 'Color', [0 1 1], 'AutoScale', 'off')
% Done plotting
hold off;

In my case, the direction angle is measured from North (Azimuth angle) where y = 0 in clockwise direction. How can I change the code to make it suitable for my case? 

On 11-01-21 12:36 PM, zheng wrote:

> In my case, the direction angle is measured from North (Azimuth angle) where y
> = 0 in clockwise direction. How can I change the code to make it suitable for
> my case?

I answered this where it was posted in the new Answers section.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/249-plot-x-y-and-direction