Re: [Matplotlib-users] ANN: Michael Droettboom, matplotlib lead developer

2012-08-02 Thread Perry Greenfield
On Aug 2, 2012, at 5:25 PM, John Hunter wrote: I also extend my heartfelt thanks to Perry Greenfield and STScI. They have been supporting matplotlib since 2004 with ideas, code and developer resources. They employ Michael currently, and are part of the reason why he is able to take

Re: [Matplotlib-users] [AstroPy] import problem (matplotlib ? numpy ?) on Mac Intel, python 2.6

2011-05-16 Thread Perry Greenfield
matplotlib or numpy aren't going to work with jython. On May 16, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Jean-Baptiste Marquette wrote: Dear matplotlib/numpy gurus, This is my first attempt to use matplotlib numpy, with the following small piece of code: #!/usr/bin/env jython jython because of the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Memory issues with imshow

2009-12-15 Thread Perry Greenfield
On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Gerd Wellenreuther wrote: Perry Greenfield schrieb: if the above code is in a loop, and there is no figure clearing in the loop, then rotated_images[i] = [] gc.collect(2) will have no effect since matplotlib will still have references to the array

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Memory issues with imshow

2009-12-15 Thread Perry Greenfield
On Dec 15, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Wellenreuther, Gerd wrote: Hi Perry, to clarify what I am doing - maybe the error lies in here: * First I am building up a list of the corrected+rotated images * After that is done I am creating the figure * Then looping over every image, creating proper

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Plotting large images

2009-06-30 Thread Perry Greenfield
Because the image is so large, and matplotlib carries out various operations on the image (scaling, resampling, etc), it uses a lot of memory. This is one area where a specialized display program will be more efficient. If you need to use matplotlib, decide whether you really only want to

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Plotting large images

2009-06-30 Thread Perry Greenfield
On Jun 30, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Tommy Grav wrote: That is what I was assuming, but it still seems a little odd that matplotlib generates that large of a memory footprint. Loading the fits file into the program using pyfits, with the code only uses 19MB of real memory and 600MB of virtual

Re: [Matplotlib-users] histogram question

2007-09-24 Thread Perry Greenfield
On Sep 24, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Tommy Grav wrote: I need to generate a set of histograms, but would like to plot only the skyline of the histogram, and leave out the vertical lines where adjencent bars touch. I have looked at the docs, but nothing jumped out at me as the right keyword for

[Matplotlib-users] numpy version of Interactive Data Analysis tutorial available

2007-05-10 Thread Perry Greenfield
I have updated the Using Python for Interactive Data Analysis tutorial to use numpy instead of numarray (finally!). There are further improvements I would like to make in its organization and formatting (in the process including suggestions others have made to that end), but I'd rather get

[Matplotlib-users] job opportunity at Space Telescope Science Institute

2007-03-09 Thread Perry Greenfield
We are looking for someone to fill a position at the Space Telescope Science Institute (in Baltimore, MD) to work on Python tools for astronomical data processing and analysis. Details can be found at: http://www.stsci.edu/institute/brc/hr/co/external/Req559.html