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Why do I get "UserWarning: Module dap was already imported from None ..."

I have python-matplotlib and python-mpltoolkits.basemap installed from Ubuntu packages. Installing python-mpltoolkits.basemap also installs python-dap as a dependency. When I import basemap, I get ...
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Python Basemap Import error: "requirement already satisfied" [duplicate]

What works is import mpl_toolkits What not works is (Import Error basemap not found) from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap I followed the instructions here : http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/...
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plot trajectories on an map using basemap

import numpy as np data = np.loadtxt('path-tracks.csv',dtype=np.str,delimiter=',',skiprows=1) print data [['19.70' '-95.20' '2/5/04 6:45 AM' '1' '-38' 'CCM'] ['19.70' '-94.70' '2/5/04 7:45 AM' '1' '-...
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Basemap and density plots

I would like to create a density plot using basemap. The data I have is ungridded and repeating or very close to each other. I've tried gridding the data and then plotting the number of bins using ...
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How to color points base on other values in matplotlib?

I have some data that looks like this: (4,120,507.0),(6, 37, 7012.0),etc The first two is the coordinates, another is the values. I've drawn a scatter plot based on these coordinates. So how can I ...
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Reduce the Size of Matplotlib Basemap

In various operational and manually-run Python scripts, I produce thousands of plots of California every day using matplotlib's Basemap: mp = Basemap(width=1284000,height=1164000,projection='lcc',...
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Plotting at boundaries using matplotlib-basemap

I have difficulties in plotting e.g. polygons across the boundaries of a map generated using matplotlib-basemap. In the example below, the map boundary is specified by the dateline. I try to plot a ...
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mlab.griddata bug?

I'm using mlab.griddata to interpolate some data when I encountered a strange and what looks like floating point precision bug. This is calling sequence: nvals = matplotlib.mlab.griddata(lon_old....
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plot RGB using cartopy pcolormesh

I am trying to plot an RGB array over a map using irregular lat/lon array that are provided with the dataset. For this purpose I am using pcolormesh as discussed here. The problem is that cartopy ...
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Intersect several 2-d subplot in MatPlotlib

Familar with Matplotlib and Basemap, but I haven't noticed that some one has tried to plot intersected figure to visualize multi-dimension data. Here is an practical scene: Satellite data now can ...
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matplotlib: why inconsistent results between contour and contourf

Why would matplotlib's contour and contourf produce inconsistent results? I have some data that I wish to plot on a map using the matplotlib basemap toolkit's stereographic projection. When I plot ...
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Matplotlib Basemap Installation Troubles on OS X Yosemite

I've been having very serious issues installing Basemap from mpl_toolkits. Fortunately, it looks like I'm not the only one having these issues... I was wondering if someone could help me here. I'm ...
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Basemap Change color of neighbour countries

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap fig = plt.figure(figsize=(20,10)) # predefined figure size, change to your liking. # But doesn't matter if you save to any vector graphics format though (e....
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basemap plot only region of interest, not entire globe

I need to use a mollweide projection but plot only a region of interest. (eg lat=[10,90], lon=[-25, 45]). Basic code below. It seems this does not possible with some projections in Basemap (http://...
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matplotlib Basemap legend corresponding to colour of points

I've made a basemap with locations of maximum wind speed plotted as green, yellow or red depending on the wind speed. I'm now trying to add a legend which has the three colours on but i get this ...
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