[Matplotlib-users] Plot data for a 24 by 16 array of subplots and allow zooming into any one of them.

[hari j. <ha...@gm...>]

Hi
I am fairly new to matplotlib.

I have 384 x,y plots that I want to arrange into a 24 by 16 array of
subplots with each subplot being at-least 4 inches by 4 inches.

I am creating the figure using  a large size so that everything will fit

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(96,64),dpi=72)

I then have my for loop go through my data-structure and add the
subplots to this figure. In addition , each subplot has four
data-ranges plotted into it.

ax = fig.add_subplot(24,16,index + 1)
par1 = ax.twinx()
par2 = ax.twinx()
par3 = ax.twinx()
par4 = ax.twinx()
par1.plot(xs,ys,"o",xcalc,ycalc)
par2.plot(xcalc,my_derivative,color="black")
par4.plot(xcalc,my_unsmooth_derivative,color="cyan")

In the present form I create a one pane window that shows all 384
plots and then navigate between the plots using pan.

My question is : Is there a more elegant way to do this? . Is there a
way instead to create a small shrunken down figure and then zoom in
one cell at a time?. The figure navigation controls only zoom with
respect to an axes. Is there a way to zoom w.r.t the whole figure
interactively.


Thanks for your help

Hari