Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-13 Thread Christopher Barker
Eric Firing wrote: Christopher Barker wrote: Has anyone used MPL to make stick plots? If so, can I borrow your code? If no one volunteers anything, then I suggest using quiver(..., headlength=0, headwidth=0, headaxislength=0), together with quiverkey(...). This will effectively give you a

[Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Christopher Barker
Hi folks, Has anyone used MPL to make stick plots? If so, can I borrow your code? http://tabs.gerg.tamu.edu/Tglo/RTA/N/Oceanographic_CurrentStick_30.html Thanks, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/ORR/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206)

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Eric Firing
Christopher Barker wrote: Hi folks, Has anyone used MPL to make stick plots? If so, can I borrow your code? http://tabs.gerg.tamu.edu/Tglo/RTA/N/Oceanographic_CurrentStick_30.html Thanks, -Chris Chris, This would be a good addition. It might be implemented nicely by

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Eric Firing
Christopher Barker wrote: Hi folks, Has anyone used MPL to make stick plots? If so, can I borrow your code? http://tabs.gerg.tamu.edu/Tglo/RTA/N/Oceanographic_CurrentStick_30.html Thanks, -Chris Chris, If no one volunteers anything, then I suggest using quiver(...,

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Christopher Barker
Eric Firing wrote: Christopher Barker wrote: Has anyone used MPL to make stick plots? If so, can I borrow your code? If no one volunteers anything, then I suggest using quiver(..., headlength=0, headwidth=0, headaxislength=0), together with quiverkey(...). This will effectively give you a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Eric Firing
Christopher Barker wrote: Eric Firing wrote: Christopher Barker wrote: Has anyone used MPL to make stick plots? If so, can I borrow your code? If no one volunteers anything, then I suggest using quiver(..., headlength=0, headwidth=0, headaxislength=0), together with quiverkey(...). This

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Gökhan SEVER
Just for your information: Mayavi has a quiver3d function (http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi/docs/development/html/mayavi/auto/mlab_helper_functions.html#quiver3d) if you want to go a fancier way :) This said, I don't know how to hide arrow heads in Mayavi. Also what you showed in your

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Christopher Barker
Gökhan SEVER wrote: Mayavi has a quiver3d function (http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi/docs/development/html/mayavi/auto/mlab_helper_functions.html#quiver3d) if you want to go a fancier way :) which is cool, but Im looking to plot a time series of a (2d) vector quantity at a single

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stick Plot?

2009-05-06 Thread Gökhan SEVER
To me arrows are always useful to see the direction of wind easily. Since in meteorological convention barbs show where the wind is blowing from, but in pilot convention (I might have made up this one :)) in the opposite way. Gökhan On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Christopher Barker