Hrafnkell Pálsson wrote: > > >> This will turn off the rendering of both the background rectangle as >> well as all the ticks and their associated labels, ticklines and >> gridlines. Perhaps Jeff can advise you vis-a-vis the basemap api what >> the equivalent is >> >> > > Ok, I tested your example and see what you mean. > But if I understood you correctly this won't allow me to retain the > watermark and the dots I've used for marking cities. > It would be nice if I could retain the whole background, if it wouldn't > matter whether I retrieved the background or actually plotted it. > But even just avoiding plotting the coastline every time would save a lot of > time. > > > > >> Perhaps Jeff can advise you vis-a-vis the basemap api what >> the equivalent is >> >> > > Could you, Jeff, give me a nudge in the right direction? I've read through > the basemap documentation but didn't notice anything that might help. > > Hrafnkell >
Hrafnkell: You can go by the example John gave, using figure and axes instance methods. Basemap just draws stuff on the current figure and axes instances. Are you recreating the Basemap instance every time you generate a plot? If the projection isn't changing, you can save a lot of overhead by re-using a single Basemap instance. You can even pickle it to a file for use in another script. -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-113 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
