pylab_examples example code: pcolor_log.py

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from pylab import *

from matplotlib.colors import LogNorm


N = 100
x = linspace(-3.0, 3.0, N)
y = linspace(-2.0, 2.0, N)

X, Y = meshgrid(x, y)

# A low hump with a spike coming out of the top right.
# Needs to have z/colour axis on a log scale so we see both hump and spike.
# linear scale only shows the spike.
Z1 = bivariate_normal(X, Y, 0.1, 0.2, 1.0, 1.0) + 0.1*bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)

subplot(2,1,1)
pcolor(X, Y, Z1, norm=LogNorm(vmin=Z1.min(), vmax=Z1.max()), cmap=cm.PuBu_r)
colorbar()

subplot(2,1,2)
pcolor(X, Y, Z1, cmap=cm.PuBu_r)
colorbar()


show()

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