[Matplotlib-users] Bug in contourf or BoundaryNorm?

[Jesper L. <jes...@gm...>]

Hi matplotlib users,

I believe the normalization behaviour is wrong for contourf at least when
using a BoundaryNorm. In the script below I am using the same norm to plot
the same data using contourf and pcolormesh. The color should change around
an x value of 0.15 but it is shifted somewhat for contourf. I do realize
that the pcolormesh is in principle shifted a little - but with a grid
spacing of 0.001 that should not matter. Please see the example script
below.

Best regards,
Jesper

"""
Test inconsistent normalization behaviour for matplotlib
"""
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.colors import from_levels_and_colors

# Make custom colormap and norm
levs = [0.0, 0.1, 0.2]
cols = [[0.00392156862745098, 0.23137254901960785, 0.07450980392156863],
[0.00392156862745098, 0.49019607843137253, 0.15294117647058825]]
extend = 'neither'
cmap, norm = from_levels_and_colors(levs, cols, extend)

# Setup testdata
a = np.arange(0.05, 0.15, 0.001, dtype=np.float_)
a, b = np.meshgrid(a, a)
plt.contourf(a, b, a, norm=norm, cmap=cmap, antialiased=False)
plt.savefig('contourf.png')
plt.clf()
plt.pcolormesh(a, b, a, norm=norm, cmap=cmap, antialiased=False)
plt.savefig('pcolormesh.png')