Jeff - Yes, that's what I want, thanks.
I think more explanation is in order - my large-scale map is the
default basemap projection. The inset map of the globe is a
orthogonal projection, which means it comes out as a little circle.
I want to insert this smaller map into the larger one, without having
to see the area around the circle.
I'm having trouble explaining this... here's an example:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/us/2007kwau/us/1/onePAGER.pdf
I want to replicate the little inset globe on the map with the contours.
--Mike
On Dec 14, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote:
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
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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
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Michael Hearne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(303) 273-8620
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
1711 Illinois St. Golden CO 80401
Senior Software Engineer
Synergetics, Inc.
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