Hi Jeff, That sounds like the perfect solution as I do have the lat, lons - I'll give that a go!
Thanks again, Martin Jeff Whitaker wrote: > > On 7/22/10 8:08 AM, mdekauwe wrote: >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Yes you are right! Apologies. Whilst it is easy enough to define the grid >> in >> this case as it is a regular lat,long grid. If it was for example a >> geostationary grid, I think this might be more difficult. Is there a way >> to >> return the grid for example from the basemap call, which can then be used >> in >> the contour call? >> >> I hope that makes sense. >> >> Thanks again. > > If you have the lats and lons of the data grid, you can convert to map > projection coordinates by calling the Basemap instance, i.e. > > map = Basemap(....) > x,y = map(lons,lats) > > you can then use the x,y values in contour > > map.contourf(x,y,data) > > Does that help? > > -Jeff > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Basemap-%2B-contour-layer--tp29235080p29237609.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
