Re: [Matplotlib-users] Projection Direction Distortion

2013-04-29 Thread Mathew Topper
choice of grid projection. Thanks again for your help and I'm sorry if this is a little off topic, but I know basemap users are a smart bunch to consult with. :) All the best, Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday

[Matplotlib-users] Projection Direction Distortion

2013-04-26 Thread Mathew Topper
help, Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday Building The King’s Buildings Edinburgh EH9 3JL Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5570 School fax: +44 (0)131 650 6554 mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk mailto:mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk http://www.see.ed.ac.uk

[Matplotlib-users] AnchoredSizeBar Color

2013-04-16 Thread Mathew Topper
Hi, Is there anyway to set the color of an AnchoredSizeBar artist from the mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.anchored_artists toolkit? Thanks, Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday Building The King’s Buildings Edinburgh EH9 3JL

[Matplotlib-users] Basemap datum assumption

2013-03-05 Thread Mathew Topper
to take care with their inputs. For reference, I found this blog which describes the datum mistake nicely: http://ragrawal.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/a-point-about-latitudelongitude Kindest regards, Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Why is pip not mentioned in the Installation Documentation?

2012-11-20 Thread Mathew Topper
generate RPMs, in order that there is not a lot of work to do for system rebuilds in our labs. I found pypi2rpm, but that looks pretty bleeding edge and I think I'm getting out of my depth as a humble scientist. Mat On 19/11/12 12:59, Neal Becker wrote: Mathew Topper wrote: Hi, I'm interested

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Why is pip not mentioned in the Installation Documentation?

2012-11-20 Thread Mathew Topper
will see that e.g., matplotlib wants a newer version of pytz, and will attempt to remove the system pytz (and fail and abort). The only reliable approach is virtualenv. Not really very satisfactory. On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Mathew Topper mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk mailto:mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk

[Matplotlib-users] Why is pip not mentioned in the Installation Documentation?

2012-11-16 Thread Mathew Topper
on the installation documentation of matplotlib or many other python packs. I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this matter. Many Thanks, Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday Building The King's Buildings Edinburgh EH9

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Why is pip not mentioned in the Installation Documentation?

2012-11-16 Thread Mathew Topper
/1454 But you do make a good point that `pip` should be mentioned in the docs as part of that change. Mike On 11/16/2012 05:54 AM, Mathew Topper wrote: Hi, I'm interested to know why the pip package manager is not more widely supported for installation of python packages like matplotlib

[Matplotlib-users] 2D array plot picking explicit values to colour and legend

2012-04-09 Thread Mathew Topper
Dear matplotlib-users, I have a spatial data set that has coded values for each cell, which are limited to just a few numbers, ie -, 0, 100, and . I would like to display this data with a plot similar to pcolor, but I don't want a colorbar, I want a legend showing the colors for each

Re: [Matplotlib-users] 2D array plot picking explicit values to colour and legend

2012-04-09 Thread Mathew Topper
-- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday Building The King's Buildings Edinburgh EH9 3JL Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5570 School fax: +44 (0)131 650 6554 mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk mailto:mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk http://www.see.ed.ac.uk http

[Matplotlib-users] Could basemap plot in a UTM projection? - pyproj documentation

2012-04-02 Thread Mathew Topper
projection for basemap. Is it possible? Also, there is not a lot of documentation regarding pyproj and I find this a little odd considering it comes packaged with basemap. Many Thanks, Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Could basemap plot in a UTM projection? - pyproj documentation

2012-04-02 Thread Mathew Topper
On 02/04/12 16:21, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 4/2/12 9:10 AM, Mathew Topper wrote: Hi, I've been trawling round the internet for a while trying to work out if basemap could be made to plot using a UTM zone projection. I've found some references to pyproj that could be used to convert out

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Could basemap plot in a UTM projection? - pyproj documentation

2012-04-02 Thread Mathew Topper
On 02/04/12 16:21, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 4/2/12 9:10 AM, Mathew Topper wrote: Hi, I've been trawling round the internet for a while trying to work out if basemap could be made to plot using a UTM zone projection. I've found some references to pyproj that could be used to convert out

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using basemap to generate xyz format files from netcdf files

2012-01-20 Thread Mathew Topper
of converting data for use in a software package called MIKE. It sadly lacks the ability to deal with NetCDF files directly. On 19/01/12 16:54, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 1/19/12 5:55 AM, Mathew Topper wrote: Hi, I was wondering how hard it would be to generate xyz format files from netcdf files using

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using basemap to generate xyz format files from netcdf files

2012-01-20 Thread Mathew Topper
Perfect, Jeff, thanks very much. I guess something like this is hiding in the documentation somewhere, but I must have failed to find it. All the best, Mat On 20/01/12 13:10, Jeff Whitaker wrote: On 1/20/12 3:12 AM, Mathew Topper wrote: Hi Jeff, Sorry, an XYZ file is simply an ASCII file

[Matplotlib-users] Using basemap to generate xyz format files from netcdf files

2012-01-19 Thread Mathew Topper
to this. Many Thanks Mat -- Dr. Mathew Topper Institute for Energy Systems School of Engineering The University of Edinburgh Faraday Building The King’s Buildings Edinburgh EH9 3JL Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5570 School fax: +44 (0)131 650 6554 mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk mailto:mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk http