Do you mean choropleth? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choropleth_map
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:18 PM, ianalis <iana...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been creating chloropleth maps in Python by adding patches and/or > polygons in a matplotlib Axes but I'm looking for something easier to use. > > Ideally, the interface should be similar to how contour maps or pseudocolor > plots are created where, at the minimum, only one call to a function is > needed to create these plots from data. Colors are automatically assigned > and normalized based on values. A colorbar can then be added by calling > another function. > > So far, the closest package seems to be geopandas. Is there an another > package that is nearer to what I want? That is, is there a package that can > make a (basic) chloropleth of values stored as a dictionary, numpy array or > pandas dataframe in one call? > > I'm willing to contribute code and help develop the chloropleth capability > of a package since I currently end up creating my own function and > manipulating Axes internals just to create a chloropleth. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/Easiest-way-to-create-a-chloropleth-in-Python-tp44195.html > Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >
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