Re: [Matplotlib-users] Adding Streets to a Basemap

2010-07-06 Thread Jeff Whitaker
On 7/6/10 9:25 AM, Aman Thakral wrote: Hi Jeff, Thanks for your help. The shapefile works great, but I cannot see the labels. The "DESCRIP" attribute in the shapefile has the labels, but I'm not sure how to apply them to the map. Thanks, Aman Aman: The shapefile support in Basemap is q

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Adding Streets to a Basemap

2010-07-06 Thread Aman Thakral
Hi Jeff, Thanks for your help. The shapefile works great, but I cannot see the labels. The "DESCRIP" attribute in the shapefile has the labels, but I'm not sure how to apply them to the map. Thanks, Aman On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > On 7/6/10 7:07 AM, Aman Thakral w

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Adding Streets to a Basemap

2010-07-06 Thread Jeff Whitaker
On 7/6/10 7:07 AM, Aman Thakral wrote: > Hi, > > I have a cylindrical projection that I would like to add some streets > on. I only need major highways in southern Ontario, Canada. Is this > functionality included in the Basemap package, or would I have to find > a customized package/shape fil

[Matplotlib-users] Adding Streets to a Basemap

2010-07-06 Thread Aman Thakral
Hi, I have a cylindrical projection that I would like to add some streets on. I only need major highways in southern Ontario, Canada. Is this functionality included in the Basemap package, or would I have to find a customized package/shape file (Openstreet?) ? Thanks, Aman -