On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Christopher Barker
<chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> iCy-fLaME wrote:
>> I am aware of Hexbin, which is a kind of histogram with hexagonal
>> cells. But what if my data comes in a Hex grid to start with?
>
>> What would be a good way to plot such data?
>
> Use the source, Luke!
>
> Take a look at the source of Hexbin -- the answer must be there.

You will probably want to create a PolyCollection or a RegularPolyCollection:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/search.html?q=PolyCollection

Examples at: 
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/collections_demo.html?highlight=polycollection

JDH

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