[GRASS-dev] numeric-numpy-scipy for graphs?

Hamish hamish_nospam at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 24 02:20:16 EDT 2007


> >> "wolle" wrote:
> >>> have a look at matplotlib http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
> >>> It depends on numeric.
> > 
> > Michael wrote:
> >> Really impressive!
> >
Hamish:
> > oh, and by the way, IMO translucency is the neat way to go for
> > bubble plots, not sorting by size before rendering and drawing the
> > little ones on top (can lead to coin toss overlap results; you lose
> > any order/time info in the data).
> > 
> > e.g. study these two:
> > 
> > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots/scatter_demo2_large.png
> > 
> > and attached graphic (clipped from the NY Times online edition a few
> > days ago) which demonstrates it quite well.
>
Michael Barton wrote:
> I agree about the translucency. Looks nice AND is more informative.

For the record, I don't mean to say that sorting isn't a nice short-term
solution, it is. Translucency is just a nicer long-term solution.


Hamish




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