On Monday, June 6, 2011, Bruce Ford <br...@clearscienceinc.com> wrote: > Does anyone have an example of nested grids. > I need to (for instance), plot a global grid in filled contours, then plot > another, higher resolution grid over the US.The global grid could work > something like this, but I'm not sure where to start with the 2nd (nested) > grid to go atop. > > > fig=plt.figure()m = > Basemap(resolution='c',projection='cyl',llcrnrlon=lon1,llcrnrlat=lat1,\ > urcrnrlon=lon2,urcrnrlat=lat2)# make a filled contour plot. > > x, y = m(lons, lats)CS = m.contour(x,y,hgt,15,linewidths=0.5,colors='k')CS = > m.contourf(x,y,hgt,15,cmap=plt.cm.jet)m.drawcoastlines()m.drawmapboundary() > m.fillcontinents() > # draw parallels and meridians.parallels = > np.arange(-90,90,10)#m.drawparallels(parallels,labels=[1,0,0,1])m.drawparallels(parallels,labels=[1,0,0,1])meridians > = np.arange(-180.,180.,10.) > > m.drawmeridians(meridians,labels=[1,0,0,1])plt.title('Plotted Grid')plt.show() > Thanks! > Bruce > --------------------------------------- > Bruce W. Ford > Clear Science, Inc. > br...@clearscienceinc.com > > > > >
It should just work as you expect. Do the global contour with the coarser x/y data, and then do the US contour with finer x/y data. Ben Root ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users