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Hello all,
Several of us have been stumped on how to create a map with basemap that
doesn't have a rectangular bounding box. I've attached an example of what
we are trying to create (done with GMT and not ours). Browsing the docs I
thought it may be possible with a floating axis as in the gallery, but that
doesn't do the trick either. Is there a way to create such a plot with
basemap?
Thanks,
J.L. 
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On 01/22/2014 09:43 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Daryl Herzmann <ak...@gm... 
> <mailto:ak...@gm...>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering why stuff plotted with ax.text() does not get
> "clipped" by the axes bounds on the plot. Here's a simple
> example, run with 1.3.1:
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> (fig, ax) = plt.subplots(1,1)
>
> for i in range(5):
> for j in range(5):
> ax.text(i,j, "%sx%s" % (i,j), ha='center', va='center')
> ax.plot([0,8],[0,8])
> ax.set_xlim(0,2.8)
> ax.set_ylim(0,2.8)
> fig.savefig('test.png')
>
> and attached output. This causes me lots of grief with basemap as
> well. Is there a non-brute-force trick to get these values
> plotted outside the axes bounds removed?
>
> daryl
>
>
> I can't quite remember what the original issue was, but I do seem to 
> recall that this behavior was made intentional for some reason. I 
> honestly can't remember why, though, and I can't fathom what 
> circumstances that this would be desirable...
Often, the text is an annotation that you would not want to have clipped.
```
ax.text(i,j, "%sx%s" % (i,j), ha='center', va='center').set_clip_on(True)
```
will turn the clipping on for the text.
Mike
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On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Daryl Herzmann <ak...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering why stuff plotted with ax.text() does not get "clipped" by
> the axes bounds on the plot. Here's a simple example, run with 1.3.1:
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> (fig, ax) = plt.subplots(1,1)
>
> for i in range(5):
> for j in range(5):
> ax.text(i,j, "%sx%s" % (i,j), ha='center', va='center')
> ax.plot([0,8],[0,8])
> ax.set_xlim(0,2.8)
> ax.set_ylim(0,2.8)
> fig.savefig('test.png')
>
> and attached output. This causes me lots of grief with basemap as well.
> Is there a non-brute-force trick to get these values plotted outside the
> axes bounds removed?
>
> daryl
>
>
I can't quite remember what the original issue was, but I do seem to recall
that this behavior was made intentional for some reason. I honestly can't
remember why, though, and I can't fathom what circumstances that this would
be desirable...
Ben Root

Hello,
I'm wondering why stuff plotted with ax.text() does not get "clipped" by
the axes bounds on the plot. Here's a simple example, run with 1.3.1:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
(fig, ax) = plt.subplots(1,1)
for i in range(5):
 for j in range(5):
 ax.text(i,j, "%sx%s" % (i,j), ha='center', va='center')
ax.plot([0,8],[0,8])
ax.set_xlim(0,2.8)
ax.set_ylim(0,2.8)
fig.savefig('test.png')
and attached output. This causes me lots of grief with basemap as well.
 Is there a non-brute-force trick to get these values plotted outside the
axes bounds removed?
daryl