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--------------------------------------- Bruce W. Ford Clear Science, Inc. br...@clearscienceinc.com bruce.w.ford....@navy.smil.mil http://www.ClearScienceInc.com Phone/Fax: 904-379-9704 8241 Parkridge Circle N. Jacksonville, FL 32211 Skype: bruce.w.ford Google Talk: for...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Jeff Whitaker <jsw...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Bruce Ford wrote: >> >> All, >> >> It took a fair bit of trial and error to coax a KML-friendly image out >> of matplotlib and to understand what was and was not necessary. Below >> is a demo script demonstrating how to accomplish a KML-friendly image >> with and without a basemap. I hope this will help someone out. >> >> What do I mean by a KML-friendly image? In KML you can overlay a >> complicated geo-referenced image but it is geo-referenced based on the >> boundaries of the image. So, for the image to be correctly displayed >> in a KML document, the edges of the image have to be relatable to a >> latitude or longitude. Most of the time this will mean you are using >> Basemap and you'll need an image that encompasses only the bounding >> box and nothing outside...no whitespace, extra room for titling, etc. >> >> The below examples accomplish this. Turns out, the two key elements are >> >> (1) ax = pyplot.axes((0,0,1,1)) >> >> and if you are using Basemap: >> >> (2) a kwarg in Basemap: fix_aspect=False >> >> Thanks! >> >> Bruce >> > > Bruce: That's great, I've always wondered how to do that. However your > example didn't make it to the list, perhaps you forgot to attach it? > > > -Jeff > > -- > Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 > Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 > NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : jeffrey.s.whita...@noaa.gov > 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-113 > Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg > >
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