Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting labels for each 'artist' in a basemap

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:38 PM, John [H2O] <was...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hello, using matplotlib 0.98 with mpl_toolkit Basemap:
>
> I'm trying to create a plot with a series of ellipses over a map. I've
> followed the tutorial, and can create the same figure as shown here:
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/screenshots.html#ellipses
>
> I can also create a series of ellipses over a map.
>
> Now I am trying to label each circle using the following snippet:
> for item in ells:
>    #ells is now a tuple in the form: (Ellipse, (x,y)) and (x,y) is the same
> as for the Ellipse
>     e = item[0]
>     xy = item[1]
>     ax.add_artist(e)
>     e.set_clip_box(ax.bbox)
>     e.set_alpha(.7)
>     pyplot.text(xy[0],xy[1],e.get_label())
>
> however, for some reason it fails. Can someone provide some ideas on what I
> am doing wrong? Also, is there more direct way to set the plots so that the
> labels are drawn?

Can you post a complete, free-standing example script which replicates
the problem and also the output of the script run with
--verbose-debug?  See

  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/troubleshooting_faq.html#report-a-problem

JDH