Hi Isidora, in the past I used the matlab function below for a similar task. Maybe it can be adapted to your problem. If you can provide a small sample of your problem I can try to implement that in python (it has been in my TODO list for a while, but i cannot promise.)
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/sea-mat/mapstuff-html/join_cst.m -Filipe On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:39, Jeff Whitaker <jsw...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 9/27/11 5:37 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > > On 9/27/11 4:57 PM, Isidora wrote: > > The attached map shows plotted fill paths whose filling extends only to the > U.S. borders. Is there any way I could accomplish something like it using > Basemap? > > Thanks > > Isidora: > > It's probably possible, but there's no simple recipe. The drawcoastlines > method returns a LineCollection which you should be able to use to do what > you want. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I don't have time to go into > any more depth right now. > > -Jeff > > Isidora: Another option would be to create a gridded field defining the > area you would like to enclose, use contourf to draw the boundaries of the > region, then mask out the ocean areas with the maskoceans function. > > -Jeff > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > From: "Isidora" <isid...@juno.com> > To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: matplotlib - fill open path inside U.S. borders > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:55:49 GMT > > Hi, > I am trying to plot filled paths over a U.S. map. I plot the given paths, > but since these are not closed paths, the filling is truncated at a line > drawn between last and first point in the path. I want to extend the path > to the United States border instead. > > > I am no expert in matplotlib or GIS. Could anyone help me find > documentation or blogs discussing this type of issue? I am convinced > somebody else has already faced this problem although I have not been able > to find any paper, documentation, blog on it. > > Thank you > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
