Re: [matplotlib-devel] County boundaries for mid-west (or all of USA)

2010-09-24 Thread Jeremy Lounds
Thanks, I was able to find the files I needed from here: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/co2000.html#shp ~ Jeremy On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Jeremy Lounds wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Sorry, its me again! I am not sure where else to

Re: [matplotlib-devel] County boundaries for mid-west (or all of USA)

2010-09-24 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Jeremy Lounds wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry, its me again! I am not sure where else to ask this, so please > bear with me. > > Does anyone know of a tutorial or source on how I could get county > boundaries ready to be plotted on my basemap output? I have > "drawstate

[matplotlib-devel] County boundaries for mid-west (or all of USA)

2010-09-24 Thread Jeremy Lounds
Hello, Sorry, its me again! I am not sure where else to ask this, so please bear with me. Does anyone know of a tutorial or source on how I could get county boundaries ready to be plotted on my basemap output? I have "drawstates" working wonderfully, and need something like "drawcounties" Thanks

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Better to compile Python and libraries from source? If so, what version?

2010-09-24 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Jeremy Lounds wrote: > I have another question for the group... > > I saw in the archives someone else who was getting the error I am now > running in to now. He said he solved it by recompiling from sources. I > was wondering what version of Python is optimal for

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Better to compile Python and libraries from source? If so, what version?

2010-09-24 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Jeremy Lounds wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I am running 0.98.5.2, so it should be good, right? Do you think I should > try upgrading to 1.0.0? > > Thanks so much, > > Jeremy > > Jeremy, Version 0.98.x is relatively old (in terms of code maturity). I don't know when .get