The solution incase anyone has a similar issue...
data = np.random.randint(0,50,100*100).reshape(100, 100)
m = Basemap(llcrnrlon=1.5, llcrnrlat=10.5, urcrnrlon=3.5, urcrnrlat=13.5,
resolution='c', projection='cyl')
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
ax = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.
So far I have tried this...
colourmap = cm.get_cmap("Greys_r")
colourmap = colourmap._segmentdata
# exclude 0, 0, 0...i.e. black from dictionary
bvals = colourmap['blue'][1:]
gvals = colourmap['green'][1:]
rvals = colourmap['red'][1:]
colourmap = { "blue":bvals, "green":gvals, "red":rvals }
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