On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Ian Thomas <ianthoma...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Ben Axelrod <baxel...@coroware.com> wrote:
>> I am a little unclear on what this is and what it is used for.
>
> It is used to generate contour plots for data that is defined on
> unstructured triangular grids.  Currently mpl supports generating
> contour plots on regular rectangular grids; if you have an
> unstructured grid you have to interpolate it onto a regular grid
> before contouring it.  Contouring directly from the triangular grid
> avoids the need for this interpolation.

Well then the meteorologist in me is an overwhelmingly +1 on having
such functionality available. Are you looking at making it possible to
construct a triangulation from the delaunay triangulation that is used
by griddata? (Sorry, I didn't follow the thread that closely.)

Ryan

-- 
Ryan May
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma

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