[Matplotlib-users] How to add a basemap to a 3D surface plot

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Dear colleagues, 

Wonder if there is a solution for prejecting a basemap, in my task, its a 
river shapefile, onto a 3D surface plot using Matplotlib. 

I've tried to use the Axes3D.ax.add_collection3d(rivers) method but my 
test did throw an error message like this. 

# tentatively add basemap to 3D 
m = 
Basemap(llcrnrlon=llclon,llcrnrlat=llclat,urcrnrlon=urclon,urcrnrlat=urclat, 
resolution ='l',area_thresh=1000.)
river4 = 
m.readshapefile('../maps/KEN_water_lines_dcw','rivers4',drawbounds=True,color='SlateBlue', 
linewidth=1)
ax.add_collection3d(river4)

Error thrown at the add_collection3d is:   AttributeError: 'tuple' object 
has no attribute 'set_label'. 

Any hints or references to a similar example code are welcome. 

Regards, 
Claude


Claude Falbriard 
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AMS Hortolândia / SP - Brazil
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