On 03/01/2012 07:18 AM, John Hunter wrote: > > > > > On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Nick Barnes<n...@climatecode.org> wrote: > >> May I ask whether matplotlib is taking part in this year's GSoC? >> I'm canvassing ideas for the Climate Code Foundation's >> participation, and some scientists have suggested >> matplotlib-related improvements (e.g. a GUI tool for constructing >> and managing segmented colormaps). Some might be specific to >> climate science, others might be more generally useful to other >> matplotlib users. In any case, if a student embarked on something >> like that, they'd need to join the matplotlib development community >> as well as ours, so I thought I'd drop by and see whether >> GSoC-sponsored development would be welcome. > > They would certainly be welcome. We haven't solicited proposals, but > we could mentor one to three students who were interested. A colormap > GUI tool would be welcome, but it doesn't sound like an entire summer > would be needed, so we might want to bolt on some stuff (like general > improvements in mpl widgets and events to support design of such a > tool in native mpl rather than, or in addition to, a UI specific > tool) > JDH
I agree. I would just add that a segmented colormap tool is something that has occurred to me several times as a good wish-list item, and that as a physical oceanographer I certainly support expanded use of the python stack in climate science. Eric > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization& Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
