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Author: jswhit

Changelog

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-20070314:  version 0.9.5 (svn revision 3066)
+20070314:  version 0.9.5 (svn revision 3067)
            * intermediate coastlines now installed by default.
              basemap-data is no longer a separate package (couldn't
              figure out how to manage the egg).  If the 'h' res 

FAQ

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-Q: It takes a long time to make a plot with the 'intermediate' or
-'high' resolution coastlines, how can I speed it up?
+Q: It takes a long time to make a plot with the 'intermediate' or 'high' 
+resolution coastlines, how can I speed it up?
 
-A: There is a overhead in processing boundary datasets when
-a Basemap class in created, and this overhead can be significant
-for the higher resolution boundaries.  If you are makeing many maps
-for the same region, you only need to create you Basemap class instance
-once, then re-use it for each plot.  If the plots are being created by
-different scripts, you can save the Basemap class instance to a Pickle on
-disk, then read it in whatever script needs it (it's much faster to read
-a pickle from disk than it is to create the Basemap instance originally).
-The ireland.py example illustrates how to do this.
+A: There is a overhead in processing boundary datasets when a Basemap 
+class in created, and this overhead can be significant for the higher 
+resolution boundaries.  If you are makeing many maps for the same region, 
+you only need to create you Basemap class instance once, then re-use it 
+for each plot.  If the plots are being created by different scripts, you 
+can save the Basemap class instance to a Pickle on disk, then read it in 
+whatever script needs it (it's much faster to read a pickle from disk than 
+it is to create the Basemap instance originally). The ireland.py example 
+illustrates how to do this.
 
-Q: I have my own boundary dataset that I would like to use, how do I 
-use it in place of (or in addition to) the built-in basemap boundary datasets?
+Q: I have my own boundary dataset that I would like to use, how do I use 
+it in place of (or in addition to) the built-in basemap boundary datasets?
 
-A: If your dataset is in ESRI shapefile format, this is relatively easy.
+A: If your dataset is in ESRI shapefile format, this is relatively easy. 
 Just create your Basemap class instance, then call the 'readshapefile' 
-method on that instance to import your data.  Setting 'drawbounds=True' will 
-draw the boundaries in the shapefile.  The fillstates.py example
+method on that instance to import your data.  Setting 'drawbounds=True' 
+will draw the boundaries in the shapefile.  The fillstates.py example 
 shows how to do this.
 
-Q: How do I specify the map projection region if I don't know what the latitude and 
-longitudes of the corners are?
+Q: How do I specify the map projection region if I don't know what the 
+latitude and longitudes of the corners are?
 
-A: As an alternative to specifying the lat/lon values for the upper-right and 
-lower-left corners of the projection domain (using the llcrnrlat, llcrnrlon, 
-urcrnrlat and urcrnrlon keywords) you can specify the center of the map projection 
-domain (using the lat_0 and lon_0 keywords) and the width and height of the domain 
-in map projection coordinates (meters) using the width and height keywords.  
-Basemap will then calculate the corresponging values of llcrnrlat, llcrnrlon, 
-urcrnrlat and urcrnrlon. Examples of this are given in the garp.py and setwh.py 
-examples.
+A: As an alternative to specifying the lat/lon values for the upper-right 
+and lower-left corners of the projection domain (using the llcrnrlat, 
+llcrnrlon, urcrnrlat and urcrnrlon keywords) you can specify the center of 
+the map projection domain (using the lat_0 and lon_0 keywords) and the 
+width and height of the domain in map projection coordinates (meters) 
+using the width and height keywords.  Basemap will then calculate the 
+corresponging values of llcrnrlat, llcrnrlon, urcrnrlat and urcrnrlon. 
+Examples of this are given in the garp.py and setwh.py examples.