Michael Hearne wrote: > Jeff - Darn it. So is there a way to embed an axis _inside_ another, > possibly with a transparent background? > > --Mike
Mike: Not quite sure why you need to have it transparent - you definitely can't have that with postscript, but it should be possible with the other backends (png, pdf or svg). There's an example of embedded axes at http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html (axes_demo.py). The inset axes is just drawn on top of the primary axes in the same figure. Is that what you want? -Jeff > On Dec 14, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > >> Michael Hearne wrote: >>> I am using Basemap, and trying to create two maps: >>> >>> One large-scale map, and a small-scale inset map of the world >>> centered on the location of the large-scale map. My ultimate goal >>> is to create a figure where the inset map is inserted into a corner >>> of the large-scale map. I can see two ways of doing this: >>> >>> 1) Create both as encapsulated postscript images separately, and put >>> them together in a later "compositing" process. (I'm doing this >>> already). >>> 2) Create both as basemap instances, and then draw the smaller one >>> on top of the large-scale one. I have no idea how to do this. >>> >>> A problem I have encountered with the first method is that my image >>> background is set to white by default. I've tried to make it >>> transparent by doing the following: >>> >>> fig = figure(figsize=(5,5),frameon=False) #turn the frame off completely >>> fig.figurePatch.set_alpha(0.0) #tried setting this to 1.0 and 0.0, >>> neither works >>> >>> Method #2 would be cleaner, if I could do what I wanted to do in >>> terms of transparencies, but if not, I'll take method #1. >>> >>> Does anyone know if it is possible to set the image background >>> transparent for encapsulated postscript output? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mike >>> >> >> Mike: Postscript doesn't support alpha transparency. It might work >> with PDF though. >> >> -Jeff >> >> -- >> Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 >> Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 >> NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 >> Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Michael Hearne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (303) 273-8620 > USGS National Earthquake Information Center > 1711 Illinois St. Golden CO 80401 > Senior Software Engineer > Synergetics, Inc. > ------------------------------------------------------ > > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
