I think the problems with imshow and matshow of integer arrays are fixed now in svn.
Eric Suresh Pillai wrote: > So I been using the log scale provided by matplotlib.colors.LogNorm, but > have been seing bizarre behaviour. Basically, high values are not > displayed properly. I give simple examples below with just two possible > values in the matrix, but all the same issues arise with more varied > values. > > First notice that the high value (100000) is displayed as being of > value=1: > > from pylab import * > from matplotlib.colors import LogNorm > > matrix = ones((30,30)) > matrix = matrix*440 > matrix[29,29] = 100000 > > matshow(matrix, norm=LogNorm(vmin=1, vmax=1000000)) > colorbar() > show() > > The cutoff value for incorrect display (for the scale I am using) seems to > be at 32000: > > from pylab import * > from matplotlib.colors import LogNorm > > matrix = ones((30,30)) > matrix = matrix*440 > matrix[29,29] = 32000 > > matshow(matrix, norm=LogNorm(vmin=1, vmax=1000000)) > colorbar() > show() > > However, if the value is really high, the color displayed changes again, > although still not to the correct color (please try with values 918000, > 920000, and 999000 to see see it progress): > > from pylab import * > from matplotlib.colors import LogNorm > > matrix = ones((30,30)) > matrix = matrix*440 > matrix[29,29] = 918000 > > matshow(matrix, norm=LogNorm(vmin=1, vmax=1000000)) > colorbar() > show() > > And if one specifies no limits to LogNorm, the colorbar displayed is > incomplete and the colour displayed is wrong in a different way then when > specifying the limits (try value = 999000 as well). > > from pylab import * > from matplotlib.colors import LogNorm > > matrix = ones((30,30)) > matrix = matrix*440 > matrix[29,29] = 918000 > > matshow(matrix, norm=LogNorm()) > colorbar() > show() > > > Either I am completely missing something or there is a major bug. > > I am using mpl checked out from svn on 26 March. > > Thanks, > Suresh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
