Dr. Phillip M. Feldman wrote: > The online documentation at URL= > http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Maps has an example that uses > plt.text as follows: > > plt.text(xpt+50000,ypt+50000,name) > > Why is the offset 50000?
The proj library used by Basemap transforms lon, lat to meters, so xpt and ypt are in meters. Hence the offsets are 50 km. Now, what I don't understand is why the San Diego offset on the map looks so much larger than the Boulder offset, for example. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
