HI, My initial thought was that you need to use the "zorder" keyword argument and set the zorder to a large value. However, the more I thought about it, I'm not really sure how you are plotting the satellite data. Can you provide a code snippet?
PTM --- Patrick Marsh Ph.D. Student / Liaison to the HWT School of Meteorology / University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies National Severe Storms Laboratory http://www.patricktmarsh.com On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Laat de, Jos (KNMI) <jos.de.l...@knmi.nl> wrote: > I am working with (geostationary) satellite data, and one of the things I > want to do is plot a map (coastlines) on top of the satellite image. As an > IDL user I know how to do this in IDL (although in IDL it is a bit of a > hassle), but I don’t seem to be able to figure out how this could be done in > python. > > > > The satellite data consists of a rectangular field of N by N pixels. The > data is already converted to bitmap RGB values. I have figured out how this > can be written to a bitmap image like PNG or JPG. > > > > I further figured out how to do the satellite projection in Basemap, and how > to plot Basemap coastlines. However, the Basemap appears to have a > non-transparent background, which overplots all bitmap data if I plot the > Bitmap data first. I had hoped that there would be some transparency setting > in Basemap, but alas. > > > > (ps. Keep in mind that I do not want to use some contour filling routine for > plotting the satellite data. I want to retain the original N x N pixels and > image size) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization > This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of > discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model > of a cloud services business. Read Now! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
