Hi Scott, thanks for your response. This seems like the way to go!
Ringo Scott Sinclair-4 wrote: > >>2009/10/1 ringobelingo <ringobeli...@gmail.com>: >> I would like to add coastlines to a map but do not want interior >> 'coastlines'. At present, without them my continents are not distinct >> enough >> from the data I am plotting in the background. But, when I draw them >> using >> drawcoastlines(), I also get e.g. the great lakes showing up, and this >> just >> makes my world maps look messy and distracts from my data which should be >> the main focus. Does anyone know of a way to force this to happen, or is >> it >> something that might be added, i.e. splitting the function into >> drawcoastlines() and drawicoastlines() ... ? > > The easiest way to address this is to obtain (or make) a GIS shapefile > that has the coastlines you'd like to see. Then use the > readshapefile() method on your Basemap object instead of the > drawcoastlines() method. > > my_map = Basemap(...) > my_map.readshapefile(my_shpfile_name) > > Cheers, > Scott > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register > now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Basemap-drawcoastlines-issue-tp25690572p25769546.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
