As I posted before, I ran across precisely these same errors when
upgrading my Ubuntu box and the Python interpreter. You will need to
install other dependencies as the installation log shows (gtk-2.0+,
pygtk), including its development versions.
And yes, distributing a packaged Python
2010/4/19 C M cmpyt...@gmail.com:
And yes, distributing a packaged Python application which uses
Matplotlib (either for Linux or Windows) is *not* an easy and simple
matter. But with patience, it is possible.
On Windows I've found it is close to easy once you know to include
the matplotlib
Dear Jeff and ALL,
I have recently installed Python 2.6.5 (the official version
downloaded from python.org) on a Windows XP machine (running Win XP
Professional Edition with Service Pack 2), after removing the previous
version of the interpreter (Python 2.5) and all associated libraries
Dear ALL,
Long time no see Well, I have recently upgraded from Ubuntu
Intrepid to Jaunty (sure, I know that I'm a couple of versions
delayed, but keeping a working system stable is essential). I did not
a fresh install of Ubuntu, just upgraded using the system's facility
for that. Previously
?
With best regards,
2010/4/1 Darren Dale dsdal...@gmail.com:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Mauro Cavalcanti mauro...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear ALL,
Long time no see Well, I have recently upgraded from Ubuntu
Intrepid to Jaunty (sure, I know that I'm a couple of versions
delayed, but keeping
Dear ALL,
I finally solved the problems with displying graphics in Matplotib
with Python 2.6 under Ubuntu Jaunty.
It just turned out that, when upgrading from Intrepid to Jaunty,
several required development packages were removed from the system. I
just discovered that when trying to build and
Dear Jeff ALL,
In trying to freeze my app using bb-freeze
(http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bbfreeze/), I stumbled upon a problem:
the app is correctly freezed, but it then looks for the Basemap
datafiles and since cannot find them, fails to start (with a message
complaining that the above mentioned
for the data in a specific directory?
Best regards,
2009/7/7 Jeff Whitaker jsw...@fastmail.fm:
Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
Dear Jeff ALL,
In trying to freeze my app using bb-freeze
(http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bbfreeze/), I stumbled upon a problem:
the app is correctly freezed, but it then looks
Dear ALL,
I received a report of a Mac OS X user who attempted to run my
recently released biodiversity mapping software based on MPL/Basemap
and wxPython.
As I have no access to an Apple Macintosh machine nor have much
experience with that OS anyway, I am posting the error report here in
the
Dear Richard,
2009/1/14 Richard Johns soylen...@tbaytel.net:
The full edition of Python(x,y) 2.1.9 contains all of the software you
mentioned(PIL, matplotlib, IPython, Enthought Tool Suite) while any of
these missing from the basic and light editions can be added as plugins.
Enthought Python
Dear ALL,
I am proud to announce that Croizat, a software for quantitative
analysis in biogeography, is finally ready for public release!
Croizat is available for free under the GNU General Public License,
version 3.0.
The software is written in Python, using the Matplotlib library with
its
Dear Jon,
This is exactly what my just released MPL/Basemap/wxPython application
for drawing biogeographic maps does!
Get it (with source code under GNU GPL) form http://panbiog.infobio.net/croizat
Hope it helps!
Best regards,
2009/1/14 Jon Blower j.d.blo...@reading.ac.uk:
Hi all,
I'd like
:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 19:52, Mauro Cavalcanti mauro...@gmail.com wrote:
I must say I feel truly honoured. I never expected my humble complaint
would merit the attention of one of the Debian maintainters!
eheh, well, we are not some sort of gods or what: we talk to mortals now :D
I will follow
Dear Dr. Blower,
I would by all means suggest the Enthought Python Distribution
(http://www.enthought.com/) in place of Python(x,y). EPD already
includes PIL, MPL and Basemap (although in a somewhat abridged and
outdated version, but this is just a matter of upgrading).
Hope this helps.
Best
Dear Sandro,
After sending you the previous message, I just decided to try one
little thing: I used easy_install -U matplotlib and then the latest
version (0.98.5.2) was correctly retrieved from the SF repository and
properly installed (before followed the instructions you provided
yesterday,
Dear Jeff,
Sorry for posting this again, but I suppose my previous message may
have got lost among many others.
I would like to ask you if there are plans to release, as a regular
MS-Windows self-installation file, the lastest version of Basemap
(0.99.3). It happens that my biogeographic
Gentlemen,
I would recommend, in turn, Enthought Python
(http://www.enthought.com), which also includes IPyhton, Matplotlib
and many other useful libraries (eg. PIL) not included in Python(x,y).
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
2009/1/13 Richard Johns soylen...@tbaytel.net:
I have had similar
Gentlemen,
I would recommend, in turn, Enthought Python
(http://www.enthought.com), which also includes IPyhton, Matplotlib
and many other useful libraries (eg. PIL) not included in Python(x,y).
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
2009/1/13 Richard Johns soylen...@tbaytel.net:
I have had similar
version.
Anyway, the online documentation for Basemap already indicates that
the current version is 0.99.3 (but the .exe files in the SF repository
are still from version 0.99.2).
With warmest regards,
2009/1/10 Jeff Whitaker jsw...@fastmail.fm:
Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
Dear Jeff ALL,
How can I
Dear ALL,
I just found the following error when trying to run a very simple test
MPL/Basemap script under Ubuntu Linux Intrepid. This does *not* happen
when not importing MPL pyplot (for example, in a wxPython embedded
app).
Traceback (most recent call last):
File
:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Mauro Cavalcanti mauro...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear ALL,
I just found the following error when trying to run a very simple test
MPL/Basemap script under Ubuntu Linux Intrepid. This does *not* happen
when not importing MPL pyplot (for example, in a wxPython embedded
for the latest version of
Matplotlib? This will be great!
I will report the results to you (and the Matplotlib-users lists) as
soon as possible.
With warmest regards,
2009/1/12 Sandro Tosi mo...@debian.org:
Hello Mauro,
(thanks John to highlight me:) )
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 17:50, Mauro Cavalcanti
Dear Jeff ALL,
How can I get rid, programmatically, of lines drawn with the
drawparallels and drawmeridians in MPL/Basemap? These methods return
dictionaries, but calling the Python clear() method for dictionaries
(and redrawing the figure as usual, of course) does not work. No error
appears,
Dear Jeff ALL,
A user just reported to me that he has found a problem when tryng to
create a map using the high resolution option under MS-Windows. He
is running Basemap version 0.99.1 with Python 2.5 (from the Enthought
Python Distribution) and got the following error:
IOError: Unable to open
Dear Jeff,
Thanks. I advised the user to download the latest version of Basemap
from the SF site and perfom an upgrade. Hope this may fix the problem.
Best regards,
2009/1/7 Jeff Whitaker jsw...@fastmail.fm:
Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
Dear Jeff ALL,
A user just reported to me that he has
Dear ALL,
I am under the impression that this is a very common question, but is
there any way to toggle on/off a legend from a MPL plot?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
--
Dr. Mauro J. Cavalcanti
Ecoinformatics Studio
P.O. Box 46521, CEP 20551-970
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRASIL
E-mail:
Dear ALL,
2009/1/6 Christopher Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov:
A FAQ is a good idea, but the real problem is that most of the docs,
examples and code on this list has been matlab-style. People are going
to follow examples far more than any amount of documentation.
I fully agree. Matplotlib
Dear ALL,
Is there any way to ***exclude*** (make invlsible) one of more of the
standard buttons which are displayed in the toolbar (either the
Classic or the Toolbar2) of the MPL backends?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide!
Best regards,
--
Dr. Mauro J. Cavalcanti
Dear ALL,
Could you please someone test the attached Python code (of my map
displaying test program written with MPL/Basemap/wxPython) under
MS-Windows and send me a screenshot? I have received reports saying
that the map does not fill the entire figure under MS-Windows;
however, under Ubuntu
Dear Anton,
2008/12/23 antonv vasilescu_an...@yahoo.com:
Also, because I figured out the data I need and already have the scripts in
place
to extract the CSV files I would really like to keep it that way. Would it be
possible to
just show me how to get from the csv file to the plot?
Here
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/17 Jeff Whitaker jsw...@fastmail.fm:
Mauro: Say you create a cylindrical basemap with lon_0=180. The
longitudinal extent of the map will be lon=0 to lon=360. If you then plot a
point with a longitude of -60, it will be off the map to the left (similar
to what your
Dear Jeff,
Sorry for the delay in replying. I have been trying to deal with a
problem when upgrading MPL (I presume should use the latest version of
Basemap with the latest version of MPL).
2008/12/13 Jeff Whitaker jsw...@fastmail.fm:
Mauro: I realize that - but if you can test the SVN
Dear John,
2008/12/15 John Hunter jdh2...@gmail.com:
I believe I have a workaround for this problem. Could you please test with
easy_install
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/snapshots/matplotlib-0.98.5.1.tar.gz
It worked well and MPL 0.98.5.1 has been successfully installed.
There is
Dear ALL,
Am I intending to change the world's geography? No, not quite. I just
would like to know how to deal with the following problem, I have
stumbled upon in MPL/Basemap: I have a line:
continents = map.fillcontinents(color='coral, lake_color='blue')
where map is, of course, a Basemap
Dear ALL,
I just noted that the remove() method which worked OK in version 0.99
of MPL Basemap to remove country borders and rivers is not working
anymore after I upgraded to Basemap version 0.99.2.
What have changed?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
--
Dr. Mauro J. Cavalcanti
Ecoinformatics
Dear ALL,
Searching the MPL online documentation, I just found out that plot
linestyles can also be represented as a string (legal string values
are 'solid'|'dashed'|'dashdot'|'dotted'). So, I would like to ask you
gentlemen if such string representation is also available for plot
markers (I
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/9 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: If your points are defined in terms of longitude and latitude, you
have to convert to map projection coordinates using the __call__ method of
the Basemap instance, i.e.
x, y = m(lon, lat) # lon,lat can be arrays, lists or
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/9 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Assuming that this is a regular grid (so that using meshgrid makes sense)
you can
using pcolor:
m.pcolormesh(x,y,dat)
Unfortunately, this didn't work. I got the error message (using the
example data from my previous post):
File
Dear Jeff ALL,
This is just a simple question on plotting points on Basemap (maybe it
will have to be pursued further). I presume points could be plotted
onto maps, no matter what projection is used -- so, I have been
plotting quite well on maps using an Equirectangular projetion and one
of your
Dear Scott Jeff,
Sorry for the delay in replying, I was off office for a while.
2008/12/9 Scott Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
As Jeff noted earlier, the number of elements in an array can't be
increased simply by reshaping it, so the error message isn't too
mysterious, if carefully
Dear ALL,
MPL accepts several formats for passing color information for the
plotting methods (plot, xlabel, ylabel, etc.) and these are well
documented. The set_color() and other methods in
matplotlib.Lines.Line2D accept all these formats, but I could not
figure out how to retrieve the current
Dear John,
Thanks, it works well!
Best regards,
2008/12/9 John Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Yep, we have a color converter for that -- it recognizes any mpl color
string and returns rgba:
In [72]: from matplotlib.colors import colorConverter
In [73]: colorConverter.to_rgba('b')
Out[73]:
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: I just updated SVN basemap so you can specify just lon_0 for all
cylindrical projections (cyl,gall,merc,mill) to get a global map centered on
lon_0 (implying
llcrnrlat=-90,urcrnrlat=90,llcrnrlon=lon_0-180,urcrnrlon=lon_0+180).
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: I realized that this is actually possible with the Cassini
projection (the transverse aspect of the cylindrical equidistant).
Don't know why you would actually do it though, if you want to show polar
regions you should probably
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/7 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: Just set the llrncrlat,urcrnrlon appropriately. For instance,
llcrnrlon=0, urcrnrlon=360 will produce a map centered on the dateline while
llcrnrlon=-180, urcrnrlon=180 will produce a map centered on Greenwich.
Thanks! I had not
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: I just added a 'scale' keyword to bluemarble that downsamples the
image to speed things up. scale=1.0 (the default) gives the same answer as
before (the full resolution image). scale=0.5 downsamples the image to half
the original
Dear Jeff,
Thanks Unfortunately, the map scale cannot be drawn for
cylindrical projections like the Equirectangular default... :-(
Best wishes,
2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
Dear Jeff ALL,
Are there any examples of the use of the drawmapscale
Dear Jeff,
2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: That's because the default is not really a map projection at all -
it just displays the data in lat/lon coordinates.The map scale really
has no meaning in that case.
Sure, however some biological journals insist that authors
Dear Jeffrey,
2008/12/6 Jeff Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro: There never actually was a Basemap 0.90 - could you check that
version number again with
Sorry, my reference to a 0.90 version was a typo! Indeed, I have version 0.99
Thanks for the information on the drawing of rivers; I will
Dear ALL,
Always engaged in pushing MPL/Basemap ahead of its limits, here am I
again with a humble question: I want to be able to toggle the display
of country boundaries on a map using a menu option on my wxPython
interface. It is quite easy to initially plotting a map without
borders and then
Dear ALL,
I am using Basemap version 0.90 with MPL version 0.98.3 under Linux
Ubuntu, both installed from Andrew Straw repository (I just prefer to
install from repositories via apt than directly from the sources,
although in this case I do not have always the latest versions).
I stumbled upon a
regards,
2008/12/1 Ryan May [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
Dear ALL,
Is there any example of toggling points on and off a MPL Basemap? I
see that there matplotlib artists have a handy set_visible() method,
but if I have a map with plotted points and use
ax.set_visible(False
Dear ALL,
Is there a way to plot a list (a Python list) of lines (MPL Line2D
objects) at once?
For example, inside a loop I have:
for i in range(n):
line, = ax.plot(x,y)
plot_list.append(line)
In the code fragment above, plot_list is an ordinary Python list
which will be filled with
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. Indeed, the code
fragment I sent was incomplete and not expected to do nothing else
than illustrate the general idea (what, hopefully, it did).
You suggested collections, and in my previous attempts I have already
used them (worked quite
Dear ALL,
I want to plot lines (edges) between a sequence of points (nodes),
using the following code:
from pylab import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
nodes = load('nodes.dat')
edges = load('edges.dat')
n = nodes.shape[0]
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(1,1,1)
Dear Tim,
Thanks for your message.
I am not just trying, I am indeed implementing a software package
for species distribution mapping and biogeographic analysis, using
wxPython/Matplotlib. And, by the way, it is going quite well.
Both Thuban and QGis, as generalized implementations of GIS, are
Dear ALL,
Is there any example of toggling points on and off a MPL Basemap? I
see that there matplotlib artists have a handy set_visible() method,
but if I have a map with plotted points and use
ax.set_visible(False), the entire map is made invisible!
Any hints?
Thanks in advance!
Best
Dear Stef,
2008/11/21 Stef Mientki [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
maybe you could send an explicit resize event to the panel or to the
splitter:
self.Panel_Bottom.SendSizeEvent ()
Yes, it worked! I just was not aware of this SendEvent() in wxPython,
it is handy. Now, I have to work out the correct
Dear Eric,
Thanks for your reply. This is surely not good news -- maybe an
automatic shrinking mechanism could be added in a future version of
Matplotlib (this would be useful not only with maps, but with other
plots as well)?
Regards,
2008/11/20 Eric Firing [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mauro Cavalcanti
Dear ALL,
In due time, I intend to compile as many suggestions and tips as
possible to eventually create a How-To list for the superb Basemap
module, like the very useful one which is on the Matplotlib home page.
HTH
Cheers,
2008/11/20 John Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at
Dear Robin,
I do agree (although the Python gurus here highly recommend Qt
instead). wxPython is well documented and has *plenty* of exemples
(much of them truly useful).
I have been working hard to developing a scientific desktop
application which uses wxPython for its GUI frontend and
Dear ALL,
Just a simple (?) question on Matplotlib GUI backends toolbars. The
Matplotlib examples include a nice sample of programmatically adding a
button to a backend toolbar, but I could not find out how to *remove*
one or more of the buttons from the default toolbar. Has it be
sub-classed?
Dear ALL,
Greetings. Trying to develop a desktop application for interactive
mapping using wxPython and Matplotlib, I have been doing some
experiments with embedding maps generated by the Basemap module into a
wxPython frame.
Although there are many nice exemples of using Matplotlib graphs in
Dear ALL,
Another (this time possibly quite silly) question: how can I make a
Basemap cover entirely the display area of the GUI backend (ie.,
without the top, bottom, left, right spaces)?
I tried something like:
self.figure = Figure()
self.figure.subplots_adjust(left=-0.01, bottom=-0.750,
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