Jordan, This sounds useful, but I think it can be implemented without any new plot type, simply by using a different sort of norm to do the colormapping. I need to add this anyway, and I have a prototype. It is very simple. I will get it in within the next few days, and then you can see whether it meets your needs.
Eric Jordan Dawe wrote: > So I have a (slightly) new plot type I would like to add to the > matplotlib codebase, and I'd like to ask A) if people would be > interested in the patch and B) what the best way to implement it would be. > > I am currently calling the plot type "pcontourf"--it's essentially a > pcolor, but instead of a continuous color spectra of value, it plots > discrete levels of data like contourf does. I find this kind of plot > useful for model output--it displays the model grid, and also emphasizes > data transitions, for example, between the negative and positive areas > of a plot, better than pcolor. Essentially it is just a contourf > wrapper that, instead of calling contourf with values at the 'center' of > a grid cell, calls contourf with points at the edges of the grid cell so > you end up with rectangular areas. > > If someone is actually interested in clean this up and put it into svn, > my next question is where in the codebase would be the best place to put > it so I can make a clean diff file? pyplot.py? I don't quite > understand how the matplotlib module hierarchy works. > > Jordan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
