Jeff Whitaker wrote: > Andres Luhamaa wrote: > >> Hello! >> When trying to make a simple map of Europe with countries drawn, one can >> see that coastlines and country borders are not consistent. >> Borders between Finland-Russia, Sweden-Norway, Germany-Denmark finish >> somewhere in the sea, to name just a few. Is this a known issue and is >> there a solution (coming at least)? >> >> Simple script, little zooming will help to see better. >> >> Best regards, >> Andres >> >> Simple script: >> #!/usr/bin/env python >> import numpy as np >> from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap >> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >> m=Basemap(llcrnrlon=-18.7,llcrnrlat=44.0,urcrnrlon=59.,urcrnrlat=63.2, >> projection='lcc',lat_0=60,lon_0=0., >> resolution ='i',area_thresh=1000.) >> fig=plt.Figure() >> m.drawcoastlines() >> m.drawcountries() >> plt.show() >> >> >> > Andres: We get the country boundary database from Generic Mapping > Tools, so unless they fix it, we won't have a fix. If you can suggest a > better database that does not have this problem, I can try to > incorporate it. > > I guess it is possible is also possible that this is intentional - and > the border does extend into the sea. > > -Jeff >
Thank You for the answer. It really might be intentional, because the border in sea never seems to be straight when it is drawn and actually now looking the same borders in google maps, there is a strong similarity. But I still think there might be an option to not draw the borders on the sea, mask them out somehow. Would it be complicated to add such an option or am I the only one disturbed by such an appearance? Andres > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
