contour levels to span the data. The target number of levels, *N*, is used only when the scale is not log and default locator is used. We need two more levels for filled contours than for line contours, because for the latter we need to specify the lower and upper boundary of each range. For example, a single contour boundary, say at z = 0, requires only one contour line, but two filled regions, and therefore three levels to provide boundaries for both regions. Nr˜