Re: [Matplotlib-users] Hovemuller Diagram

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As long as you use contour or contourf and your coordinates are 1d you
should be able to do this no problem, just like Phil said. However, there
is a bug that will prevent you from using pcolormesh or pcolor
unfortunately.

Andrew

On 12 July 2013 08:51, Phil Elson <pel...@gm...> wrote:

> The balance of time to install vs time to re-implement a feature is only
> something you can decide, but i suspect it is worth your while getting iris
> installed (I would say that as an iris developer though). The installation
> process is only going to get easier over time, for instance last week we
> added a PPA so that with the necessary repos added you would be able to
> "apt-get install python-iris" on an Ubuntu machine - for other installation
> guides there is a repository of recipes (
> https://github.com/SciTools/installation-recipes ).
>
> As for achieving this without iris, it is perfectly feasible. You just
> need to contourf your data with the longitude as your x coordinate and the
> date times as your y coordinate. From memory you might also need to tell
> matplotlib that the y coordinate is date/time (I think that is a mpl bug
> that ajdawson has recently addressed). Obviously, basemap is not needed as
> you are not drawing a longitude/latitude plot but a longitude/time or
> latitude/time one.
>
> HTH,
>
> Phil
>
>
> On 11 July 2013 19:06, Sudheer Joseph <sud...@ya...> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Signell,
>>                        I was looking for better looking labels as well as
>> a solution with in matplotlib without needing to install additional
>> packages. I had some trouble with some libraries while trying to install
>> iris. I was wondering if it is possible with in matplotlib with out
>> additional installations using the features of basemap package.
>> with best regards,
>> Sudheer
>>
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Signell, Richard" <rsi...@us...>
>> > To: Sudheer Joseph <sud...@ya...>
>> > Cc:
>> > Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013 12:41 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Hovemuller Diagram
>> >
>> > I don't think I understand your problem.  Are you just trying to get
>> > nicer looking tick labels?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Sudheer Joseph
>> > <sud...@ya...> wrote:
>> >>  Thanks Signell,
>> >>                        I had seen it but it is not the correct type
>> with
>> > Longitude axis, it is having just numbers on x axis I expect axis like
>> the ones
>> > we get from basemap package.
>> >>  with best regards,
>> >>  sudheer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>  ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>  From: "Signell, Richard" <rsi...@us...>
>> >>>  To: Sudheer Joseph <sud...@ya...>
>> >>>  Cc:
>> >>>  Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2013 7:20 PM
>> >>>  Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Hovemuller Diagram
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> http://scitools.org.uk/iris/docs/v1.0/examples/graphics/hovmoller.html
>> >>>
>> >>>  On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Sudheer Joseph
>> >>>  <sud...@ya...> wrote:
>> >>>>   Dear All,
>> >>>>                Is there a straight forward way to get
>> >>>>   Hovemuller diagram or longitude/latitude vs time plot using
>> > matplotlib.
>> >>>>   If possible please send me some examples if any one know it
>> > existing in
>> >>>>   web
>> >>>>
>> >>>>   with best regards,
>> >>>>   Sudheer
>> >>>>
>> >>>>   ***************************************************************
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