Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background basemaps in Basemap

[klo uo <kl...@gm...>]

>> Jeff it looks great, everything is parametrized including server name
>> and map name, so it should work for any additional service.
>> However on Windows with Python 2.7 and Basemap 1.0.5 I get an error
>> while trying to run the script:
>
>
> Klo:  Just added a pull request for this
>
> https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/pull/73
>
> Regarding your windows error - you have to rebuild basemap to get the needed
> updates (it's not just a matter of running the testwms.py script).

Thanks will do that right now.

I was just investigating possibility of returning clear map without
annotations where it is possible.
For example World_Topo_Map
(http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer)
has additional layers and according layers parameter in export
function (http://atlas.resources.ca.gov/arcgis/SDK/REST/export.html):
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Description: Determines which layers appear on the exported map. There
are four ways to specify which layers are shown:

    show: Only the layers specified in this list will be exported.
    hide: All layers except those specified in this list will be exported.
    include: In addition to the layers exported by default, the layers
specified in this list will be exported.
    exclude: The layers exported by default excluding those specified
in this list will be exported.


Syntax: [show | hide | include | exclude]:layerId1,layerId2
where layerId1, layerId2are the layer ids returned by the map service resource

Example: layers=show:2,4,7
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if we add additional parameter "&layers=hide:5,6,7,8,9" I expected
annotations to be gone, but unfortunately not there yet

Will look further if it's somehow possible to clear annotations.