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Add a section to the guide about map alignment with plotting.
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ayshih committed May 26, 2015
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Expand Up @@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ matplotlib figure object by using the plot() command.
This makes it possible to use the SunPy plot as the foundation for a
more complicated figure.

.. note::

If the `wcsaxes <http://wcsaxes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ package is not
installed the `~sunpy.map.GenericMap.plot()` and `~sunpy.map.GenericMap.peek()`
methods assume that the data is not rotated,
i.e. the solar y axis is oriented with the columns of the array. If this condition
is not met, when the map is plotted a warning will be issued. You can create
an oriented map by using `~sunpy.map.GenericMap.rotate()` before you plot the Map.

6. Overlaying Maps
------------------
The `Map()` method described above can also handle a list of maps. If a list in inputs
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