SF.net SVN: matplotlib:[6045] trunk/toolkits/basemap/doc/users/graticule. rst

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Revision: 6045
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=6045&view=rev
Author:   jswhit
Date:     2008-08-19 11:58:23 +0000 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008)

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    trunk/toolkits/basemap/doc/users/graticule.rst

Modified: trunk/toolkits/basemap/doc/users/graticule.rst
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--- trunk/toolkits/basemap/doc/users/graticule.rst	2008-08-19 09:35:03 UTC (rev 6044)
+++ trunk/toolkits/basemap/doc/users/graticule.rst	2008-08-19 11:58:23 UTC (rev 6045)
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 :func:`~mpl_toolkits.basemap.Basemap.drawparallels` and
 :func:`~mpl_toolkits.basemap.Basemap.drawmeridians` instance methods.
 The longitude and latitude lines can be labelled where they
-the map projection boundary.
+the map projection boundary.  There are four exceptions:  meridians
+and parallels cannot be labelled on maps with 
+``proj`` set to ``ortho`` (orthographic projection),
+and meridians cannot be labelled on maps with 
+``proj`` set to ``robin`` (robinson), ``moll`` (mollweide) or ``sinu``
+(sinusoidal).  This is because the lines can be very close 
+together where they intersect the boundary on these maps, so that
+they really need to be labelled on the interior of the plot.
 
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