This sounds great. Thanks! So far I haven't figured out how to use it. I downloaded the matplotlib SVN and installed it, but was not able to find "nsper_demo.py".
Phillip Jeff Whitaker wrote: > Phillip M. Feldman wrote: >> Jeff Whitaker wrote: >>> Phillip M. Feldman wrote: >>>> Andrew Straw wrote: >>>>> Jeff Whitaker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dr. Phillip M. Feldman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Basemap offers many projections, but is missing two of the most >>>>>>> useful ones: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - For satellite applications, it would be helpful to have a >>>>>>> "camera" >>>>>>> projection, i.e., a projection that shows the Earth as viewed >>>>>>> from a >>>>>>> specified point in space. This would be a generalization of the >>>>>>> current >>>>>>> geostationary projection. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Philip: Don't think the proj4 lib supports this. >>>>>> >>>>> I think it's already in there -- see nsper, for near sided >>>>> perspective. >>>>> >>>>> -Andrew >>>>> > > Philip: I've added the near-sided perspective projection to basemap > svn - see the nsper_demo.py example. It only works if the earth is > assumed to be a perfect sphere (no ellipsoids allowed). > > -Jeff >>>>> >>>> Hello Andrew- >>>> >>>> It does sound as thought nsper is exactly what I need, but when I >>>> try to use it, I get the following error message: >>>> >>>> ValueError: 'nsper' is an unsupported projection. >>>> The supported projections are: >>>> >>>> aeqd Azimuthal Equidistant >>>> poly Polyconic >>>> gnom Gnomonic >>>> moll Mollweide >>>> tmerc Transverse Mercator >>>> nplaea North-Polar Lambert Azimuthal >>>> gall Gall Stereographic Cylindrical >>>> mill Miller Cylindrical >>>> merc Mercator >>>> stere Stereographic >>>> npstere North-Polar Stereographic >>>> geos Geostationary >>>> vandg van der Grinten >>>> laea Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area >>>> mbtfpq McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic >>>> sinu Sinusoidal >>>> spstere South-Polar Stereographic >>>> lcc Lambert Conformal >>>> npaeqd North-Polar Azimuthal Equidistant >>>> eqdc Equidistant Conic >>>> cyl Cylindrical Equidistant >>>> omerc Oblique Mercator >>>> aea Albers Equal Area >>>> spaeqd South-Polar Azimuthal Equidistant >>>> ortho Orthographic >>>> cass Cassini-Soldner >>>> splaea South-Polar Lambert Azimuthal >>>> robin Robinson >>>> >>>> Phillip >>> Philip: I think Andrew meant nsper is in proj4. I'll look into >>> adding support for it in Basemap. >>> >>> -Jeff >>> >> Thanks! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
