Re: [Matplotlib-users] show density in scatter

2011-05-18 Thread Neal Becker
Eric Firing wrote: > On 05/18/2011 09:01 AM, Neal Becker wrote: >> Using scatter, it seems less probably (numerous) points show just as much as >> more probable points. Can anyone suggest a good way to emphasize the more >> probable points? > > This is what hexbin is for, although it takes the a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] show density in scatter

2011-05-18 Thread Eric Firing
On 05/18/2011 09:01 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > Using scatter, it seems less probably (numerous) points show just as much as > more probable points. Can anyone suggest a good way to emphasize the more > probable points? Another idea: set alpha to something less than 1, maybe something like 0.3; the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] show density in scatter

2011-05-18 Thread Justin McCann
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > Using scatter, it seems less probably (numerous) points show just as much > as > more probable points. Can anyone suggest a good way to emphasize the more > probable points? > > I was thinking maybe the easy way is just scale down the markers

Re: [Matplotlib-users] show density in scatter

2011-05-18 Thread Eric Firing
On 05/18/2011 09:01 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > Using scatter, it seems less probably (numerous) points show just as much as > more probable points. Can anyone suggest a good way to emphasize the more > probable points? This is what hexbin is for, although it takes the additional step of showing po

[Matplotlib-users] show density in scatter

2011-05-18 Thread Neal Becker
Using scatter, it seems less probably (numerous) points show just as much as more probable points. Can anyone suggest a good way to emphasize the more probable points? I was thinking maybe the easy way is just scale down the markers. Drawback may be too many points plotted. Colors would be n