Adam Mercer wrote: > Hi > > I have some skymap data, i.e. theta, phi and some intensity that I > would like to plot on the surface of a sphere, does matplotlib support > plotting on the surface of a sphere? I've looked through the examples > and can't seem to find anything. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers > > Adam > >
Adam: If you can convert your coordinates into latitudes and longitudes, then you can plot the data with the basemap tookit on your choice of map projection (see http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Maps for an example). -Jeff -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
