Re: [Matplotlib-users] Combining pcolormesh and contour

[Andreas H. <li...@hi...>]

> I think that what you want can be achieved more simply than contouring.
> I've attached a quick example of how I would do this.  I'm assuming that
> the data has the same form as pcolormesh, i.e, the z values are measured
> at grid centers but we have coordinate of the edges.  This means that we
> can easily check if a given pixel is above or below the contour level and
> then we simply draw the appropriate gridlines.  I'm not coalescing
> neighboring lines, but that's also possible.
>
> If you're looking for something more complex than this simple in-or-out
> partitioning, this approach might still work but I'm not sure, in that
> case, that I understand what you're actually trying to do.

Eric, I'm amazed -- thanks a lot :)
Andreas.