Jose Gomez-Dans wrote: > Jeff, thanks for your comment > > 2009/3/2 Jeff Whitaker <jsw...@fastmail.fm <mailto:jsw...@fastmail.fm>> > > > Jose: I think the key is to only create the basemap instance only > once (for the main plot and for the inset), then re-use that > basemap instance each time you create an animation frame. > > > That helps in memory consumption, and that's something I looked into. > However, my basemap instances are defined (in the case of the inset) as: > m2 = Basemap(projection='ortho',lon_0=6,lat_0=-12,ax=ax2) > Actually, they both have references to axes. The bit I don't really > understand is how to define my basemap only once and then just "hang > it" from some axes.
Jose: You can create the Basemap instance once, and then pass the axes with the ax keyword whenever you call a basemap method. > > Additionally, I am warping a fairly large image (not shown in my > example), so that it takes quite a long time to process. This is only > seldom updated, so I could just save the background and overlay on it > my data. As I see it, even if I recycle the basemap instance, I'd > still have to go through the process of warping my image, extracting > coastlines, etc. It would be faster to just save it, and recreate it > whenever it is necessary. I don't really know how to do this. The image is only warped the first time you call the bluemarble method for a given basemap instance. Subsequent calls used the cached image. > > I have changed my code by shamelessly copying from your previous > advice ;p (see <http://pastebin.com/f4eaedd7>). Things improve a bit, > but my parllels/meridians are not aligned with the map. Clearly I'm > still missing something! I don't have time right now to look at that code, I'll try to play with it tomorrow. -Jeff > > Many thanks for your help, > Jose > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : jeffrey.s.whita...@noaa.gov 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-113 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
