Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread Jeff Whitaker
On 8/25/12 3:08 PM, klo uo wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> Klo: For cylindrical equidistant maps (projection='cyl') it will be easy, >> since the corner lat/lon values are all that is needed. For other >> projections, we'll need a way to translate EPSG projecti

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread klo uo
Well it seems ArcGIS web-services can't be bitten in public place. Google and Bing static maps have many limitations: - require account for providing key - draw logos on image - limited size: Bing basic account can return max 900x834 and Google 1280x1280 (while ArcGIS 2048x2048) - Google stati

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread klo uo
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread klo uo
> Export Map (http://atlas.resources.ca.gov/arcgis/SDK/REST/export.html) > seems like only function needed, but more knowledge about Basemap is > needed, as my main problem with it is fitting projections right. I > tried to overlay arcgis map over some Basemap projections like: > > m=Basemap(...)

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread klo uo
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > > Maybe such a thing could be built using owslib? > > http://geopython.github.com/OWSLib/ This is interesting. I didn't know about this module Using either simple REST (urllib) to access webservices or depend on additional module which expos

[Matplotlib-users] How to get daily digest feature to work?

2012-08-25 Thread Ely Spears
I have the digest option enabled in my matplotlib mailing list options. However, I still receive between 5 and 10 mailing list messages per day, sometimes more. Is there any way to change a setting to ensure that I can only ever receive exactly one message from the mailing list per day, with the e

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread klo uo
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > > tilecache.org looks relevant too. > This is like more advanced, on a higher level. I imagine if you plan to add some interaction to Basemap, it would be fantastic, to say at least. While reading Google patent you linked the other day, I ca

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread klo uo
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > It looks like you are fetching an image over a specified region and > displaying it with matplotlib. That's very useful, but it doesn't solve > the zooming problem you mentioned. Still, it's a good start and would > be nice to have in basema

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread Jeff Whitaker
On 8/25/12 9:50 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 8/25/12 7:53 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Saturday, August 25, 2012, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 8/24/12 10:20 PM, klo uo wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> Oh sure, it's simple! >> >> http://www.google.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread Jeff Whitaker
On 8/25/12 7:53 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Saturday, August 25, 2012, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 8/24/12 10:20 PM, klo uo wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> Oh sure, it's simple! >> >> http://www.google.com/patents?id=J4YOEBAJ&dq=6618053

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a colored symbol with plot command

2012-08-25 Thread Warren Weckesser
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Michael Rawlins wrote: > > > -- > *From:* Damon McDougall > *To:* Michael Rawlins > *Cc:* "matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net" < > matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2012 4:21 AM > *Subject:* R

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a colored symbol with plot command

2012-08-25 Thread Damon McDougall
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 07:59:52AM -0700, Michael Rawlins wrote: > > From: Damon McDougall > To: Michael Rawlins > Cc: "matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net" > > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 4:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a colored sy

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a colored symbol with plot command

2012-08-25 Thread Michael Rawlins
From: Damon McDougall To: Michael Rawlins Cc: "matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net" Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a colored symbol with plot command On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 02:39:12PM -0700, Michael

Re: [Matplotlib-users] for a log y axis, set_major_formatter then twiny() removes the set_major_formatter

2012-08-25 Thread Damon McDougall
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 09:13:10AM -0400, Michael Droettboom wrote: > I've filed an issue for this here: > > https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/1110 > I think I have sussed out what's going on here. See PR: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/1145 Basically, on creating a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread Benjamin Root
On Saturday, August 25, 2012, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > On 8/24/12 10:20 PM, klo uo wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > >> Oh sure, it's simple! > >> > >> http://www.google.com/patents?id=J4YOEBAJ&dq=6618053 > > Hi Jeff, > > > > thanks for your reply. > > > > I was

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

2012-08-25 Thread Jeff Whitaker
On 8/24/12 10:20 PM, klo uo wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> Oh sure, it's simple! >> >> http://www.google.com/patents?id=J4YOEBAJ&dq=6618053 > Hi Jeff, > > thanks for your reply. > > I was hoping to get response if there are ideas how this unfortunate > perform

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a colored symbol with plot command

2012-08-25 Thread Damon McDougall
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 02:39:12PM -0700, Michael Rawlins wrote: > > > > > > From: Damon McDougall > To: Michael Rawlins > Cc: "matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net" > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 4:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting a