On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Michael Rawlins <rawlin...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> I'm relatively new to matplotlib. Trying to place a colorbar in a figure.
> The code below, placed in a file and executed with python, draws 4 maps
> using basemap. I've been unable to get a colorbar to show up anywhere on
> the figure. Ideally I would like the option of placing a colorbar across
> the bottom, spanning across both bottom map panels. Also would need the
> option of placing a colorbar either to the right of or below each map.
> Uncommenting the two lines under "Here make a colorbar" cause an error.
> I've used those commands when creating just one map using the figure
> command.
>
> TIA,
> Mike
>
>
>
Mike,
Try using the axes_grid1 toolkit to produce your axes objects and to
allocate enough room for colorbars.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/index.html
Cheers!
Ben Root
P.S. - a little history, there used to be an axes_grid toolkit, but has
since been superseded by axes_grid1.
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