preparing for 1.0.5 release (bug fixes for examples, updates to READMEs, Changelog)

Changelog

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-version 1.0.5 (not yet released)
---------------------------------
+version 1.0.5 (git tag v1.0.5rel)
+---------------------------------
+* fix error in contour method that caused a bogus mask to be applied
+  to the data (issue 58).
 * fix further corner cases with splitting of parallels that cross
   the dateline (issue 40).
 * add latlon keyword to plotting methods.  If latlon=True, x and y

KNOWN_BUGS

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 always tries to fill the inside of a polygon.  Under certain situations,
 what is the inside of a coastline polygon can be ambiguous, and the 
 outside may be filled instead of the inside. 
-Workaround - mask the land areas with the drawlsmask method instead of
+Workarounds - change the map projection region slightly or
+mask the land areas with the drawlsmask method instead of
 filling the coastline polygons (this is illustrated in the ortho_demo.py example). 

MANIFEST.in

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include Changelog
 include setup.py
 include nad2bin.c
 include src/*
+include examples/shiftdata.py
 include examples/allskymap.py
 include examples/allskymap_cr_example.py
 include examples/plothighsandlows.py

examples/README

@@ -153,3 +153,6 @@ make_inset.py shows how to make an inset showing the location of the map project
 from a global perspective.
 
 utmtest.py shows how to plot a UTM zone.
+
+shiftdata.py shows how to use the 'latlon' keyword to automatically transform to map
+projection coordinates and shift the data longitudinally to fit the map projection region.

examples/ccsm_popgrid.py

@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@
 plt.figure(figsize=(6,8))
 plt.subplot(2,1,1)
 # subplot 1 just shows POP grid cells.
-map = Basemap(projection='merc', lat_ts=20, llcrnrlon=-180, \
+m = Basemap(projection='merc', lat_ts=20, llcrnrlon=-180, \
       urcrnrlon=180, llcrnrlat=-84, urcrnrlat=84, resolution='c')
 
-map.drawcoastlines()
-map.fillcontinents(color='white')
+m.drawcoastlines()
+m.fillcontinents(color='white')
 
-x, y = map(tlon,tlat)
-im = map.pcolor(x,y,ma.masked_array(np.zeros(temp.shape,'f'), temp.mask),
-                shading='faceted', antialiased=True, cmap=plt.cm.cool, 
+x, y = m(tlon,tlat)
+im = m.pcolor(x,y,ma.masked_array(np.zeros(temp.shape,'f'), temp.mask),
+                shading='faceted', antialiased=True, cmap=plt.cm.cool,
                 vmin=0, vmax=0)
 # disclaimer:  these are not really the grid cells because of the
 # way pcolor interprets the x and y args.
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
 # subplot 2 is a contour plot of surface temperature from the
 # CCSM ocean model.
 plt.subplot(2,1,2)
-map.drawcoastlines()
-map.fillcontinents(color='white')
+m.drawcoastlines()
+m.fillcontinents(color='white')
 
-CS1 = map.contourf(x,y,temp,15)
-CS2 = map.contour(x,y,temp,15,colors='black',linewidths=0.5)
+CS1 = m.contourf(x,y,temp,15)
+CS2 = m.contour(x,y,temp,15,colors='black',linewidths=0.5)
 plt.title('(B) Surface Temp contours on POP Grid')
 
 plt.show()

examples/fcstmaps_axesgrid.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-# this example reads today's numerical weather forecasts 
+# this example reads today's numerical weather forecasts
 # from the NOAA OpenDAP servers and makes a multi-panel plot.
 # This version demonstrates the use of the AxesGrid toolkit.
 import numpy as np
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     ax.set_title('%d-h forecast valid '%fcsthr+verifdates[nt],fontsize=9)
 # figure title
 plt.figtext(0.5,0.95,
-            "2-m temp (\N{DEGREE SIGN}C) forecasts from %s"%verifdates[0],
+            u"2-m temp (\N{DEGREE SIGN}C) forecasts from %s"%verifdates[0],
             horizontalalignment='center',fontsize=14)
 # a single colorbar.
 cbar = fig.colorbar(cs, cax=grid.cbar_axes[0], orientation='horizontal')

examples/geos_demo.py

@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ def get_input(prompt):
 fig = plt.figure()
 m = Basemap(projection='geos',lon_0=lon_0,rsphere=(6378137.00,6356752.3142),resolution='l')
 m.drawcoastlines()
-m.drawmapboundary(fill_color='aqua')
 m.fillcontinents(color='coral',lake_color='aqua')
+m.drawmapboundary(fill_color='aqua')
 m.drawcountries()
 # draw parallels and meridians.
 m.drawparallels(np.arange(-90.,120.,30.))
 m.drawmeridians(np.arange(0.,420.,60.))
-m.drawmapboundary()
 plt.title('Geostationary Map Centered on Lon=%s' % (lon_0))
 plt.show()

lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py

@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ def __init__(self, llcrnrlon=None, llcrnrlat=None,
         self.boundinglat = boundinglat
         # is a round pole-centered plot desired?
         self.round = round
+        # full disk projection?
+        self._fulldisk = False # default value
 
         # set up projection parameter dict.
         projparams = {}
@@ -1378,6 +1380,13 @@ def _getmapboundary(self):
                     n = n + 1
                 self.boundarylonmin = lons.min()
                 self.boundarylonmax = lons.max()
+                # for circular full disk projections where boundary is
+                # a latitude circle, set boundarylonmax and boundarylonmin
+                # to cover entire world (so parallels will be drawn).
+                if self._fulldisk and \
+                   np.abs(self.boundarylonmax-self.boundarylonmin) < 1.:
+                   self.boundarylonmin = -180.
+                   self.boundarylonmax = 180.
         b = np.empty((len(lons),2),np.float64)
         b[:,0] = lons; b[:,1] = lats
         boundaryll = _geoslib.Polygon(b)
@@ -3083,6 +3092,8 @@ def pcolor(self,x,y,data,**kwargs):
                 x = np.compress(mask,x)
                 y = np.compress(mask,y)
                 data = np.compress(mask,data)
+                # delete this keyword so it's not pass on to pcolor.
+                del kwargs['tri']
                 if masked:
                     triang = tri.Triangulation(x, y)
                     z = data[triang.triangles]
@@ -3091,8 +3102,6 @@ def pcolor(self,x,y,data,**kwargs):
                     ret = ax.tripcolor(triang,data,**kwargs)
                 else:
                     ret = ax.tripcolor(x,y,data,**kwargs)
-                # delete this keyword so it's not pass on to pcolor.
-                del kwargs['tri']
             else:
                 # make x,y masked arrays
                 # (masked where data is outside of projection limb)
@@ -3249,6 +3258,8 @@ def contour(self,x,y,data,*args,**kwargs):
                 x = np.compress(mask,x)
                 y = np.compress(mask,y)
                 data = np.compress(mask,data)
+                # delete this keyword so it's not pass on to pcolor.
+                del kwargs['tri']
                 if masked:
                     triang = tri.Triangulation(x, y)
                     z = data[triang.triangles]
@@ -3457,6 +3468,11 @@ def streamplot(self, x, y, u, v, *args, **kwargs):
 
         Other \*args and \**kwargs passed on to matplotlib.pyplot.streamplot.
         """
+        if _matplotlib_version < '1.2':
+            msg = dedent("""
+            streamplot method requires matplotlib 1.2 or higher,
+            you have %s""" % _matplotlib_version)
+            raise NotImplementedError(msg)
         ax, plt = self._ax_plt_from_kw(kwargs)
         # allow callers to override the hold state by passing hold=True|False
         b = ax.ishold()