Basemap background image has latitudes reversed

[wardev]

I'm using basemap to show a map of North America, but the background image functions (etopo(), bluemarble(), shadedrelief()) all show South America upside-down. The drawcoastlines() correctly shows North America.

To reproduce:

m = Basemap(llcrnrlon=-124.7, llcrnrlat=-0.6,
                    urcrnrlon=-64.5, urcrnrlat=59.3,
                    rsphere=(6378137.00,6356752.3142),projection='merc')
m.etopo()
m.drawcoastlines()

With the above code I get

[guziy]

Your code works fine for me (example), please, try updating basemap and matplotlib.

My basemap and mpl versions are respectively: 1.0.7; 1.3.1

[guziy]

Just wanted to point out that there is a separate repository for basemap project, so it is more appropriate to post basemap related issues there.

[pelson]

From memory (I can't find the original ticket) this was a problem with an old basemap version when changing from matplotlib v1.1 to v1.2 (when we changed the default image origin). Updating you Basemap version should fix this.

As @guziy said - there is a basemap repo which would be better suited for the question. If the problem isn't resolved by updating your version, I'd suggest opening an issue there.

Cheers!