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How do I transform matplotlib ConnectionPatch, i.e for Cartopy projection

Problem: I want to use matplotlib.patches.ConnectionPatch to connect two axes, one of them a Cartopy map projection.

Expected: The two lat/lon coordinates in each axes should be connected by a line.

Result: The line goes to 0,0 coordinate in the map projection, rather than the defined lat/lon.

It does work as expected if the projection is an unmodified cartopy.crs.PlateCarree(), but any other such as Robinson(), or with alternate central_longitude does not.

Code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.patches as patches
import cartopy.crs as ccrs

plt.close('all')
fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(projection=ccrs.Robinson())

lon,lat = 145,-30

ax.stock_img()
ax.plot(lon,lat, marker='x', color='r', transform=ccrs.PlateCarree())

ax2 = fig.add_axes([0.1,0.06,0.8,0.1])
ax2.plot(lon,lat,marker='x', color='r')

# line between axes
con = patches.ConnectionPatch(
    xyA=(lon,lat), 
    xyB=(lon,lat), 
    coordsA='data', coordsB='data', axesA=ax, axesB=ax2, color='r')
ax2.add_artist(con)

plt.show()

Solution

  • You use wrong values in xyA=(lon,lat). It doesn't match the declaration coordsA='data'. To get proper values, do these steps:

    use_proj = ccrs.Robinson()
xyA = use_proj.transform_point(lon, lat, ccrs.PlateCarree())
# You get xyA=(13151177.842976002, -3208556.0608129553)

    And use this to plot the connection patch:

    con = patches.ConnectionPatch(
    xyA=xyA, 
    xyB=(lon,lat), 
    coordsA='data', coordsB='data', axesA=ax, axesB=ax2, color='r')

    The plot will be:

    enter image description here