Re: [Matplotlib-users] display a filled lat/lon basemap rectangle.

2010-04-07 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Mathew Yeates wrote: > lets say I want to shade the area with lat/lon corners 34.-117 and > 35,-116 > > but my map was created with projection='aeqd' > > The shade area will not be a rectangle. In fact the edges will be > curved. See the basemap code for "tissot". I think every point on the >

Re: [Matplotlib-users] display a filled lat/lon basemap rectangle.

2010-04-07 Thread Mathew Yeates
lets say I want to shade the area with lat/lon corners 34.-117 and 35,-116 but my map was created with projection='aeqd' The shade area will not be a rectangle. In fact the edges will be curved. See the basemap code for "tissot". I think every point on the boundary of the lat/lon box has to pro

Re: [Matplotlib-users] display a filled lat/lon basemap rectangle.

2010-04-07 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Mathew Yeates wrote: > I think this will only work with some projections but not all. I > looked at the code for tissot. It's pretty hairy but it almost does > what I want. (It draws projected circles > instead of projected rectangles. Mathew: You said you wanted a NxN degree polygon - that's w

Re: [Matplotlib-users] display a filled lat/lon basemap rectangle.

2010-04-07 Thread Mathew Yeates
I think this will only work with some projections but not all. I looked at the code for tissot. It's pretty hairy but it almost does what I want. (It draws projected circles instead of projected rectangles. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > Yeates, Mathew C (388D) wrote: >

Re: [Matplotlib-users] display a filled lat/lon basemap rectangle.

2010-04-07 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Yeates, Mathew C (388D) wrote: > > > > Hi > > What is the simplest way to fill in a 1 degree by 1 degree rectangle > on a basemap projection? > > > > Mathew > Mathew: Try this (for a 10x10 rectangle, but you get the idea) from matplotlib.patches import Polygon import matplotlib.pyplot as p

[Matplotlib-users] display a filled lat/lon basemap rectangle.

2010-04-07 Thread Yeates, Mathew C (388D)
Hi What is the simplest way to fill in a 1 degree by 1 degree rectangle on a basemap projection? Mathew -- Download IntelĀ® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proacti