How to add colorbar with perspective plot in R

Question

May be it is very simple to do, but after hours of searching I didn\'t able to find how to add colorbar beside the persp plot using R. Could anyone kindly help? Thanks.

Answer 1

It's possible to add a legend using image.plot in the fields package. Using an example from ?persp:

library(fields)

## persp example code
par(bg = "white")
x <- seq(-1.95, 1.95, length = 30)
y <- seq(-1.95, 1.95, length = 35)
z <- outer(x, y, function(a, b) a*b^2)
nrz <- nrow(z)
ncz <- ncol(z)
# Create a function interpolating colors in the range of specified colors
jet.colors <- colorRampPalette( c("blue", "green") )
# Generate the desired number of colors from this palette
nbcol <- 100
color <- jet.colors(nbcol)
# Compute the z-value at the facet centres
zfacet <- (z[-1, -1] + z[-1, -ncz] + z[-nrz, -1] + z[-nrz, -ncz])/4
# Recode facet z-values into color indices
facetcol <- cut(zfacet, nbcol)
persp(x, y, z, col = color[facetcol], phi = 30, theta = -30, axes=T, ticktype='detailed')

## add color bar
image.plot(legend.only=T, zlim=range(zfacet), col=color)

EDIT thanks to @Marc_in_the_box: the range of the colorbar is defined by zfacet, not by z