Move mlabel positions off axis

I have this really nice map, but I need to change two things. 1. The longitude labels are on the axis. Does anyone know how to move the labels off of the axis? 2. The latitude labels are fine, except they are not uniform. How can I change the 75 to an 80?

Here is my code.

 load coastlines
figure('Color','w')%Colors the figure white.
axesm('stereo','Origin',[-90 0],'MapLatLimit',[-90 -50]);
axis off;
framem on;
gridm on;
mlabel on;
plabel on;
setm(gca,'MLabelParallel',10)
geoshow(coastlat,coastlon,'DisplayType','polygon', 'FaceColor', 'white');

I tried this to get the latitude limits, but nothing changed.

 axesm('stereo','Origin',[-90 0],'MapLatLimit',[-90 -50],'FLatLimit',[-90 -60]);

I then tried this, but the 75 was still there, and 45 degrees showed up. It also made Antarctica look too small. So, I tried 60 degrees as my limit, but 75 was still there.

 axesm('stereo','Origin',[-90 0],'MapLatLimit',[-90 -40]);
axesm('stereo','Origin',[-90 0],'MapLatLimit',[-90 -60]);

I figured out how to move the labels manually in figure properties, but there must be a way to move things around within the code.

Answer 1

[Chad Greene]

How is this?

setm(gca,'plabellocation',10,'labelrotation','on')

The 'plabellocation' is poorly named, but it means the spacing of latitudes (p for parallels). The 10 value for 'plabellocation' places lines every 10 degrees latitude. The 'mlabelrotation' rotates the labels around the circle to keep them from conflicting with the outside of the axis.

A note: the default coastline in Matlab is not really a coast line, and it's also not really a grounding line. Take a look at the Ross Ice Shelf, where the coastlat and coastlon appear to follow the grounding line, but on the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf it follows the edge of the ice. Amery and George VI are also a bit wonky. You can simply type

bedmap2('gl')

Or

bedmap2('coast')

to get more accurate outlines of the continent.

[C G]

Oh I know, the coastline is terrible. I prefer the bedmap and that is what I have been using, but my supervisor likes the look of the map, other than Antarctica. Too bad we can't combine the two. I tried to use

 setm(gca,'plabellocation',10,'labelrotation','on'); %and the one below
setm(gca,'plabellocation',10,'mlabelrotation','on');

but I got this error

 Error using setm>setmaxes (line 103)
Handle must refer to a map axes.

 Error in setm (line 49)
            setmaxes(varargin{:});
Error in Map_4_poster (line 24)
setm(gca,'plabellocation',10,'mlabelrotation','on');

[Chad Greene]

You can absolutely combine bedmap2 with map coordinates. Start from scratch and run this:

figure('Color','w')%Colors the figure white.
axesm('stereo','Origin',[-90 0],'MapLatLimit',[-90 -50]);
framem on;
gridm on;
mlabel on;
plabel on;
bedmap2('gl')
bedmap2('coast')
setm(gca,'plinelocation',10,'plabellocation',10,...
   'labelrotation','on')

That should provide this image:

[C G]

It does! I am impressed and very grateful. Thank you so much.

[Chad Greene]

Fantastic. Glad it's working.

[Amsalu Hundesa]

well don dear

[Amsalu Hundesa]

how can i use for both latitude and lonigtude axes?