Dear Jeff, 2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mauro: That's because the default is not really a map projection at all - > it just displays the data in lat/lon coordinates. The map scale really > has no meaning in that case.
Sure, however some biological journals insist that authors provide these scales (and in at least one case I known of, also a wind rose!!!!) on all maps, even if when they have no meaning (as is the case with the Equirectangular projection). Regrettably, as I mentioned earlier, there have been no discussion of map projections -- their meaning and significance -- among biogeographers. With best regards, -- Dr. Mauro J. Cavalcanti Ecoinformatics Studio P.O. Box 46521, CEP 20551-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRASIL E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://studio.infobio.net Linux Registered User #473524 * Ubuntu User #22717 "Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
