On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Ryan May <rma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> the marker. It would be great if one could specify the text offsets in >> units of the font size rather than in units of map distance. > > You can do it, it just takes a bit of knowledge about how different > transformations are used under the hood:
See also, the transforms tutorial: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/transforms_tutorial.html Offset transformations are discussed at: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/transforms_tutorial.html#using-offset-transforms-to-create-a-shadow-effect though in a different context, that of creating shadow effects. The transformation logic is the same as in this case, though. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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