Hi, I think I am running into the same thing John is here. When you want to display the whole earth in 'aeqd' mode, the projection needs to be onto a circle. As it is, what is plotted is a square that just fits inside the circle I want. Here is a link to a photo of the kind of projection I want.
http://www.wm7d.net/az_proj/images/lon_anim_shaded.gif Is there a way to get the whole earth plotted with 'aeqd'? Thanks, Rob John [H2O] wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm creating a web application that will take user input from a javascript > map to give me bounding coordinates (i.e. urcrnrlat, urcrnrlon, llcrnrlat, > llcrnrlon) and possibly a switch for polar projection. Other than that I > have no further information. Which projection is the most suitable to > handle anything from a 'global' plot to a zoom say over a state? I don't > see the zoom being too tight, but global projections are likely. I > personally prefer Equal Area, hence right now I'm working with 'aeqd', but > I seem to have problems if the plot is global with that projection. > > Just looking for advice, opinions, and ideally examples if anyone has > created a similar function / module to use in a web environment. > > Thanks! > -john > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/dynamic-basemap-tp20121594p21223766.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
