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| -.. _adding-new-scales: |
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| -*********************************************** |
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| -Adding new scales and projections to matplotlib |
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| -*********************************************** |
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| - |
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| -.. ::author Michael Droettboom |
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| -Matplotlib supports the addition of custom procedures that transform |
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| -the data before it is displayed. |
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| - |
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| -There is an important distinction between two kinds of |
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| -transformations. Separable transformations, working on a single |
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| -dimension, are called "scales", and non-separable transformations, |
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| -that handle data in two or more dimensions at a time, are called |
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| -"projections". |
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| -From the user's perspective, the scale of a plot can be set with |
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| -:meth:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xscale` and |
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| -:meth:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xscale`. Projections can be chosen |
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| -using the ``projection`` keyword argument to the |
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| -:func:`~matplotlib.pylab.plot` or :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.subplot` |
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| -functions, e.g.:: |
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| - plot(x, y, projection="custom") |
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| - |
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| -This document is intended for developers and advanced users who need |
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| -to create new scales and projections for matplotlib. The necessary |
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| -code for scales and projections can be included anywhere: directly |
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| -within a plot script, in third-party code, or in the matplotlib source |
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| -tree itself. |
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| - |
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| -.. _creating-new-scale: |
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| - |
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| -Creating a new scale |
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| -==================== |
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| - |
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| -Adding a new scale consists of defining a subclass of |
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| -:class:`matplotlib.scale.ScaleBase`, that includes the following |
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| -elements: |
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| - - A transformation from data coordinates into display coordinates. |
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| - |
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| - - An inverse of that transformation. This is used, for example, to |
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| - convert mouse positions from screen space back into data space. |
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| - |
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| - - A function to limit the range of the axis to acceptable values |
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| - (``limit_range_for_scale()``). A log scale, for instance, would |
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| - prevent the range from including values less than or equal to |
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| - zero. |
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| - |
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| - - Locators (major and minor) that determine where to place ticks in |
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| - the plot, and optionally, how to adjust the limits of the plot to |
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| - some "good" values. Unlike ``limit_range_for_scale()``, which is |
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| - always enforced, the range setting here is only used when |
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| - automatically setting the range of the plot. |
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| - |
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| - - Formatters (major and minor) that specify how the tick labels |
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| - should be drawn. |
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| - |
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| -Once the class is defined, it must be registered with matplotlib so |
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| -that the user can select it. |
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| - |
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| -A full-fledged and heavily annotated example is in |
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| -:file:`examples/api/custom_scale_example.py`. There are also some classes |
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| -in :mod:`matplotlib.scale` that may be used as starting points. |
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| -.. _creating-new-projection: |
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| -Creating a new projection |
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| -========================= |
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| - |
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| -Adding a new projection consists of defining a subclass of |
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| -:class:`matplotlib.axes.Axes`, that includes the following elements: |
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| - |
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| - - A transformation from data coordinates into display coordinates. |
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| - |
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| - - An inverse of that transformation. This is used, for example, to |
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| - convert mouse positions from screen space back into data space. |
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| - |
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| - - Transformations for the gridlines, ticks and ticklabels. Custom |
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| - projections will often need to place these elements in special |
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| - locations, and matplotlib has a facility to help with doing so. |
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| - |
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| - - Setting up default values (overriding |
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| - :meth:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.cla`), since the defaults for a |
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| - rectilinear axes may not be appropriate. |
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| - |
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| - - Defining the shape of the axes, for example, an elliptical axes, |
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| - that will be used to draw the background of the plot and for |
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| - clipping any data elements. |
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| - |
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| - - Defining custom locators and formatters for the projection. For |
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| - example, in a geographic projection, it may be more convenient to |
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| - display the grid in degrees, even if the data is in radians. |
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| - |
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| - - Set up interactive panning and zooming. This is left as an |
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| - "advanced" feature left to the reader, but there is an example of |
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| - this for polar plots in :mod:`matplotlib.projections.polar`. |
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| - |
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| - - Any additional methods for additional convenience or features. |
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| - |
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| -Once the class is defined, it must be registered with matplotlib |
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| -so that the user can select it. |
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| - |
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| -A full-fledged and heavily annotated example is in |
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| -:file:`examples/api/custom_projection_example.py`. The polar plot |
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| -functionality in :mod:`matplotlib.projections.polar` may also be of |
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| -interest. |
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| - |
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| -API documentation |
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| -================= |
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| - |
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| -matplotlib.scale |
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| ----------------- |
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| - |
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| -.. automodule:: matplotlib.scale |
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| - :members: |
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| - :show-inheritance: |
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| - |
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| -matplotlib.projections |
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| ----------------------- |
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| - |
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| -.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections |
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| - :members: |
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| - :show-inheritance: |
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| -matplotlib.projections.polar |
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| -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| - |
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| -.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections.polar |
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| - :members: |
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| - :show-inheritance: |
| 1 | +.. _adding-new-scales: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +*********************************************** |
| 4 | +Adding new scales and projections to matplotlib |
| 5 | +*********************************************** |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +.. ::author Michael Droettboom |
| 8 | +
|
| 9 | +Matplotlib supports the addition of custom procedures that transform |
| 10 | +the data before it is displayed. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +There is an important distinction between two kinds of |
| 13 | +transformations. Separable transformations, working on a single |
| 14 | +dimension, are called "scales", and non-separable transformations, |
| 15 | +that handle data in two or more dimensions at a time, are called |
| 16 | +"projections". |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +From the user's perspective, the scale of a plot can be set with |
| 19 | +:meth:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xscale` and |
| 20 | +:meth:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xscale`. Projections can be chosen |
| 21 | +using the ``projection`` keyword argument to the |
| 22 | +:func:`~matplotlib.pylab.plot` or :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.subplot` |
| 23 | +functions, e.g.:: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + plot(x, y, projection="custom") |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +This document is intended for developers and advanced users who need |
| 28 | +to create new scales and projections for matplotlib. The necessary |
| 29 | +code for scales and projections can be included anywhere: directly |
| 30 | +within a plot script, in third-party code, or in the matplotlib source |
| 31 | +tree itself. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +.. _creating-new-scale: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Creating a new scale |
| 36 | +==================== |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Adding a new scale consists of defining a subclass of |
| 39 | +:class:`matplotlib.scale.ScaleBase`, that includes the following |
| 40 | +elements: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + - A transformation from data coordinates into display coordinates. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + - An inverse of that transformation. This is used, for example, to |
| 45 | + convert mouse positions from screen space back into data space. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + - A function to limit the range of the axis to acceptable values |
| 48 | + (``limit_range_for_scale()``). A log scale, for instance, would |
| 49 | + prevent the range from including values less than or equal to |
| 50 | + zero. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + - Locators (major and minor) that determine where to place ticks in |
| 53 | + the plot, and optionally, how to adjust the limits of the plot to |
| 54 | + some "good" values. Unlike ``limit_range_for_scale()``, which is |
| 55 | + always enforced, the range setting here is only used when |
| 56 | + automatically setting the range of the plot. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + - Formatters (major and minor) that specify how the tick labels |
| 59 | + should be drawn. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +Once the class is defined, it must be registered with matplotlib so |
| 62 | +that the user can select it. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +A full-fledged and heavily annotated example is in |
| 65 | +:file:`examples/api/custom_scale_example.py`. There are also some classes |
| 66 | +in :mod:`matplotlib.scale` that may be used as starting points. |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +.. _creating-new-projection: |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +Creating a new projection |
| 72 | +========================= |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Adding a new projection consists of defining a subclass of |
| 75 | +:class:`matplotlib.axes.Axes`, that includes the following elements: |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + - A transformation from data coordinates into display coordinates. |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | + - An inverse of that transformation. This is used, for example, to |
| 80 | + convert mouse positions from screen space back into data space. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | + - Transformations for the gridlines, ticks and ticklabels. Custom |
| 83 | + projections will often need to place these elements in special |
| 84 | + locations, and matplotlib has a facility to help with doing so. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + - Setting up default values (overriding |
| 87 | + :meth:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.cla`), since the defaults for a |
| 88 | + rectilinear axes may not be appropriate. |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | + - Defining the shape of the axes, for example, an elliptical axes, |
| 91 | + that will be used to draw the background of the plot and for |
| 92 | + clipping any data elements. |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + - Defining custom locators and formatters for the projection. For |
| 95 | + example, in a geographic projection, it may be more convenient to |
| 96 | + display the grid in degrees, even if the data is in radians. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | + - Set up interactive panning and zooming. This is left as an |
| 99 | + "advanced" feature left to the reader, but there is an example of |
| 100 | + this for polar plots in :mod:`matplotlib.projections.polar`. |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | + - Any additional methods for additional convenience or features. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +Once the class is defined, it must be registered with matplotlib |
| 105 | +so that the user can select it. |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +A full-fledged and heavily annotated example is in |
| 108 | +:file:`examples/api/custom_projection_example.py`. The polar plot |
| 109 | +functionality in :mod:`matplotlib.projections.polar` may also be of |
| 110 | +interest. |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +API documentation |
| 113 | +================= |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +matplotlib.scale |
| 116 | +---------------- |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +.. automodule:: matplotlib.scale |
| 119 | + :members: |
| 120 | + :show-inheritance: |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +matplotlib.projections |
| 123 | +---------------------- |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections |
| 126 | + :members: |
| 127 | + :show-inheritance: |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +matplotlib.projections.polar |
| 130 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections.polar |
| 133 | + :members: |
| 134 | + :show-inheritance: |
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