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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon matplotlib

3D + Basemap

Open avipersin opened this issue 10 years ago • 2 comments

I know it is possible to plot a 3D sphere using matplotlib. It is also possible to use an image as a basemap background using warpimage().

Is there a way to create a 3D earth by combining an orthographic projection with matplotlib's 3D capabilities? I want to be able to plot data inside a 3D basemap with GUI rotation and zooming capabilities.

avipersin avatar Oct 02 '15 19:10 avipersin

i have the same requirement..

Fmajor avatar Apr 29 '16 06:04 Fmajor

@Fmajor I was able to accomplish what I wanted using d3.js. I ended up with something similar to this https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/rotate/. Performance using SVG will vary depending on the number of data points you are plotting. You might want to consider a canvas based approach if you are dealing with a large set of data.

avipersin avatar May 02 '16 14:05 avipersin