Plot two axesm with different colormaps

How to plot two axesm with different colormaps in the same graph?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

In mapping Toolbox, axesm doesn’t create a new axes (it modifies the current axes), so the handles to the first and second call to axesm are the same axes. 

The second colormap overwrites the first one. 

In order to have two colormaps, a new axes needs to be created for the second map axes.  

For example, 

% create the first axis
hAxesJ = axesm('MapProjection','mercator',...
                'Frame','on',... 
                'Grid','on',...
                'GColor','k',...
                'MapLatLimit',[25 75],...
                'MapLonLimit',[-100 20],...
                'ParallelLabel','on',...
                'MeridianLabel','on',...
                'FontSize',10);

colormap(hAxesJ,winter);
% Create a second axes
hAxesS = axes;

% Turn off the decorations, backdrop etc. of the second axes so it doesn't cover the first one

axis(hAxesS,'off')

% Make sure the second axes is current (gca)

axes(hAxesS)

hAxesd = axesm('MapProjection','mercator',...
                'Frame','on',... 
                'Grid','on',...
                'GColor','k',...
                'MapLatLimit',[25 75],...
                'MapLonLimit',[-100 20],...
                'ParallelLabel','on',...
                'MeridianLabel','on',...
                'FontSize',10);

cbS = colorbar(hAxesd,'Location','east');
%set colormap for second axes
colormap(hAxesd,spring);