What version of matplotlib are you using? With 0.99.1.1 (and likely later) and also with the svn version, using the bbox_inches="tight" actually produces an output with too small margin. With the svn version, following code should generate an output with an adequate margin.
Otherwise, you cannot rely on bbox_inches features. Instead, you have to manually adjust the size of the figure (and subplots_adjust). Regards, -JJ t1=ax.text(0.5, -0.15, 'Longitude', transform=ax.transAxes, ha='center', va='center') t2=ax.text(-0.1, 0.5, 'Latitude', transform=ax.transAxes, ha= 'center', va='center', rotation='vertical') #ax.set_title("Sign.Different: GSPW2 - Princeton") fig.savefig('test.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight', bbox_extra_artists=[t1, t2]) On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:47 PM, mdekauwe <mdeka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > when I make plots with the Basemap package I seem to be getting a large > amount of white space at the top and bottom of the plot, even if I use the > option bbox_inches='tight'. Does anyone know how I can stop this happening? > > Example image... > http://old.nabble.com/file/p28824528/diffmap_JULES_DJF_snowFrac.GSWP2_vs_SSMI.jpg > > What I am currently doing... > > def makeMap(image, ofname, imageMin, imageMax, ticks): > """ dump out the array as a nice map... """ > fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6)) > m = Basemap(projection='cyl', llcrnrlon=-179.5, llcrnrlat=-60.0, \ > urcrnrlon=179.5, urcrnrlat=89.5, resolution='c') > # add an axes, leaving room for colorbar on the right. > ax = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.7, 0.7]) > m.ax = ax > colourmap = plt.cm.RdYlBu > colourmap.set_bad('w', 1.0) > im = m.imshow(image, colourmap, colors.Normalize(vmin=imageMin, > vmax=imageMax, clip=False),\ > interpolation='nearest') > pos = ax.get_position() > l, b, w, h = pos.bounds > cax = plt.axes([l + w + 0.045, b, 0.05, h]) > norm = colors.BoundaryNorm(ticks, colourmap.N) > cbar = mpl.colorbar.ColorbarBase(cax, cmap=colourmap, norm=norm, > ticks=ticks) > #cbar = plt.colorbar(im, cax=cax) > # xlabel and ylabel were overwriting the tick labels so i need to move > them > # transAxes set the position from the bottom left of the axes (1,1 would > be the top right) > ax.text(0.5, -0.15, 'Longitude', transform=ax.transAxes, ha='center', > va='center') > ax.text(-0.1, 0.5, 'Latitude', transform=ax.transAxes, ha= 'center', > va='center', rotation='vertical') > #ax.set_title("Sign.Different: GSPW2 - Princeton") > m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.2, color='k') > m.drawcountries(linewidth=0.1, color='k') > #m.drawrivers() > m.drawparallels(np.array([-90.0, -60.0, -30.0, 0.0, 30.0, 60.0, 90.0]), > labels=[1,0,0,1],\ > fontsize=10, rotation=20) > m.drawmeridians(np.array([-180.0, -120.0, -60.0, 0.0, 60.0, 120.0, > 180.0]), labels=[0,0,0,1], \ > fontsize=10, rotation=20) > fig.savefig(ofname + '.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight') > # for LaTeX doc... > fig.savefig(os.path.join("/users/eow/mgdk/doc/snowy_notes/figures/", > (ofname + ".eps")), dpi=300,\ > bbox_inches='tight') > > Many thanks, > > Martin > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Removing-white-space-surrounding-plots-tp28824528p28824528.html > Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users