Re: [Matplotlib-users] A question on Basemap projection

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
> Dear Jeffrey & ALL,
>
> Are there any way to plot a Basemap using a standard Equidistant
> Cylindrical Projection, but centered on the Pacific Basin instead of
> the default plot? This can be done easily with all projections that
> require just a center point at lat_0, long_0 (Robinson, Mollweide,
> Orthographic, Geostationary) but could not figure out how to do this
> in projections that require a bounding rectangle to be defined (as is
> the case with the Equidistant Cylindrical).
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> With best regards,
>
>   
Mauro:  Just set the llrncrlat,urcrnrlon appropriately.  For instance, 
llcrnrlon=0, urcrnrlon=360 will produce a map centered on the dateline 
while llcrnrlon=-180, urcrnrlon=180 will produce a map centered on 
Greenwich.

-Jeff

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