Thread: [Matplotlib-users] Basemap - plot on a polar figure

Hello,

Is it possible to have basemap plot in the usual way on a polar-projection
subplot?
I want to do something like this:
fig = plt.figure(figsize)
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, polar=True)
m = Basemap(...)
m.drawcoastlines(...)
etc.

The reason I want to have a polar-projection plot is because I want to add
concentric circles to the subplot using rgrids.

Thanks,

jtamir
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jtamir wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to have basemap plot in the usual way on a polar-projection
> subplot?
>   

No.
> I want to do something like this:
> fig = plt.figure(figsize)
> ax = fig.add_subplot(111, polar=True)
> m = Basemap(...)
> m.drawcoastlines(...)
> etc.
>
> The reason I want to have a polar-projection plot is because I want to add
> concentric circles to the subplot using rgrids.
>
> Thanks,
>
> jtamir
>   
You can draw lines of latitude with the drawparallels method - these are 
concentric circles on a polar projection. 

-Jeff

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