Re: [Matplotlib-users] add cirlce around lat lon

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, questions anon <que...@gm...>
wrote:
> I would like to draw a simple circle around a specified latitude and
longitude but I cannot find an appropriate command.
> I have tried using
> map.drawgreatcircle(myLON, myLAT,myLON, myLAT, linewidth=20,color='k')
> but this doesn't do anything
> or even
> map.drawgreatcircle(myLON+1, myLAT+1,myLON-1, myLAT-1,
linewidth=2,color='k')
> and this appears to draw a line.
> Any other commands I could try for this?
> thanks in advance
>

drawgreatcircle() doesn't actually draw a circle, but rather an arc that
represents the shortest distance between two points on the globe.

Maybe you would rather use a Circle object?

Ben Root