Re: [Matplotlib-users] draw track across the Dateline in Basemap

[Jeff W. <jef...@no...>]

On 7/3/12 11:39 AM, fatuheeva wrote:
> Hello,
> I am wondering if Basemap has the ability to plot a track across the 
> Dateline? Plotting longitudes that go across the Dateline (e.g., 
> [175,177,179,-179,-176]) wraps the track back around the globe when it 
> goes from 179 to -179. Instead, I want them directly connected. My 
> Basemap instance looks like:
>
> m = Basemap(projection='merc',llcrnrlat = 10,urcrnrlat = 30,llcrnrlon 
> = 160,\
>                 urcrnrlon = -160,lat_ts = 20,resolution = 'l',lon_0 = 180)
>
> Am I screwed on this one?
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

Mike:  There's no automagical way to do this. You either have to shift 
your map so the dateline is in the middle, or split you track into two 
segments.

-Jeff

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