Re: [Matplotlib-users] mplot3d and daspect

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Hofmeister
3 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Richard Hofmeister < >> richard.hofmeis...@io-warnemuende.de> wrote: >> >>> Hello mplot3d specialists, >>> >>> I would like to change the aspect ratio of the 3d a

[Matplotlib-users] mplot3d and daspect

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Hofmeister
Hello mplot3d specialists, I would like to change the aspect ratio of the 3d axes similar to matlab's functionality with daspect() or the 'dataaspectratio' property of 3d-axes. In the end, the x-y-plane should be non-square due to different lengths (not range) of the x and y axis (i know that i ca

[Matplotlib-users] draw coastlines without lakes

2010-05-18 Thread Richard Hofmeister
Hi, I wanted to plot a coastline of Scandinavia with basemap in intermediate resolution without lakes. The method i found was to draw the coastlines with the plot command using the coastline polygons from the projection. (see example below, the lakes are filled with a slightly darker gray for i