Re: [Matplotlib-users] [basemap] EASE grid projection

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

On 8/28/12 9:31 AM, Jose Gomez-Dans wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to plot some EASE Grid global data (the EASE grid is defined 
> for a cylindrical equal area projection). In proj4 parlance, it is 
> defined as
>
> +proj=cea +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=30 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6371228 +b=6371228 
> +units=m +no_defs
>
> My data are gridded, and I want to use either pcolormesh or imshow to 
> plot them on a map. Apart from reprojecting into something that 
> basemap deals with natively, is there something else that I can do 
> within python/matplolib to plot the data without reprojecting it?
>
> Thanks!hu
> Jose

Jose: I went ahead and added support for the 'cea' projection to pull 
request 73.

https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/pull/73

You can get it by cloning my fork (https://github.com/jswhit/basemap).

-Jeff
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