Re: [Matplotlib-users] General questions about Basemap

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

Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
> Dear Jeff,
>
> 2008/12/8 Jeff Whitaker <js...@fa...>:
>   
>> Mauro:  I just added a 'scale' keyword to bluemarble that downsamples the
>> image to speed things up.  scale=1.0 (the default) gives the same answer as
>> before (the full resolution image).  scale=0.5 downsamples the image to half
>> the original size, speeding things up considerably (and using a lot less
>> memory, which I think is the real problem).
>>     
>
> Thank you very much for that! Yes, the real problem with the slow
> plotting of Blue Marble very probably concerns the amount of available
> memory and not the processor speed. I will try it ASAP. I suppose this
> modification is also available only via SVN? Is there a time schedule
> for releasing a new distribution version incorporating this recent
> changes? I need a setup package that can be downloaded and installed
> by computer-unsophisticated Windows users :-(
>
> More soon...
>
> With best wishes,
>
>   
Mauro:

I can make a new release shortly, after the new changes have been tested 
a bit.

-Jeff

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