{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080/events","html_url":"https://github.com/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080","id":58926116,"number":1080,"title":"Add more marker properties","user":{"login":"jypeter","id":2785573,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2785573?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter","html_url":"https://github.com/jypeter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jypeter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-02-25T16:19:16Z","updated_at":"2015-02-25T16:25:40Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Spending quite some time testing the vcs markers has reminded me that for now, we can specify the **marker type, size and color**, but it would be quite useful to be able to also specify the following:\r\n* edge color (except for *star*, *cross* or markers where it does not make sense)\r\n* edge thickness\r\n* more precise size control than in 1.5.1\r\n* support the same marker types (and names) as in matplotlib\r\n\r\nI have implemented edge color and thickness by *overlaying 2 markers of different color and size*, as can be seen in the following figure generated for the IPCC report, but **it was quite painful**\r\n![deep_ocean](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2785573/6374088/f446eb04-bd0e-11e4-9ce6-c511c898b62d.png)\r\n\r\nThe following ones were also made for IPCC. The top 2 were made with vcs (1.x), using the *overlay 2 markers to simulate an edge* and the third was made with matplotlib+basemap. Guess which one has the nicest markers (you will have to click to get the full size picture).\r\n\r\nHopefully, the new way of rendering the plots in 2.x will make it possible to dramatically increase the output quality! In vcs we trust!\r\n\r\n**Note that supporting non linear projection forthe data AND the markers AND the meridians/parallels (and the text objects, etc) is vital if we want to be able to keep on making plot like the following**\r\n\r\n![tas_21_models_margo_110915_b](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2785573/6374422/0df05d18-bd11-11e4-910b-b4d3cd986682.png)\r\n\r\n![tas_21_bart_margo_misc_120614_01](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2785573/6374439/1fce6c46-bd11-11e4-9090-56fa93bf004a.png)\r\n\r\n![tas_21_bart_margo_misc_regions_20130724_1525](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2785573/6374446/351c352e-bd11-11e4-9c69-82fdd5c261ba.png)\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/comments/75992098","html_url":"https://github.com/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080#issuecomment-75992098","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/UV-CDAT/uvcdat/issues/1080","id":75992098,"user":{"login":"durack1","id":3229632,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3229632?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1","html_url":"https://github.com/durack1","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/durack1/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-02-25T16:25:40Z","updated_at":"2015-02-25T16:25:40Z","body":"@jypeter are the scripts that generated these plots also available to be added to the test suite - seems like these would be another useful test of the software to catch changes as they're happening.."}}