Re: [Matplotlib-users] heatmap with varying size boxes?

[Scott S. <sco...@gm...>]

> 2009/8/18 Pete Shepard <pet...@gm...>:
> I have a list of X,Y coordinates and a ratio associated with each
> coordinate. The X and Y coordinates are continuous but random from 50-500, I
> would like to make a continuous heatmap of the ratios at each coordinate.
> One caveat is that the coordinates are clustered together do some bixes
> might have too little data. I am wondering if there is a way that R can
> automatically adjust box sizes? Sample data set is below
>
> TIA
>
> X    Y    RATIO
> 50    56    .1
> 50    59    .1
> 52    54    .2
> 500    393    .9
> 450    36    .7
> 250    190    .7

I'm not sure about R, this is a Python mailing list :)

Are you trying to do something like this
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/scatter_demo2.html
or to interpolate your data from scattered points onto a regular grid?

Cheers,
Scott