Course outline: Intermediate Matplotlib

Chapter 1 - The anatomy of a MPL figure

• Lesson 1.1 - The MPL object-oriented API
  • A learning objective: Learn to use the methods of axes objects.
• Lesson 1.2 - The anatomy of a figure
  • A learning objective: Learn to refer to different parts of a figure object
• Lesson 1.3 - Using subplots
  • A learning objective: Flexibly create subplots arrays that depend on the data.
• Lesson 1.4 - Layout with GridSpecs
  • A learning objective: Get more control over custom layouts

Chapter 2 - 3D plotting in Matplotlib

• Lesson 3.1 - 3D axes
  • A learning objective: Learn how to create 3D axes in a Matplotlib figure.
• Lesson 3.2 - Plotting
  • A learning objective: Plot a line in 3D
• Lesson 3.3 - Surfaces
  • A learning objective: Plot surfaces in 3D
• Lesson 3.4 - Colormaps
  • A learning objective: Plot surfaces with pseudocolor representations of the data.

Chapter 3 - Responsive figures with events (Is this POSSIBLE??)

• Lesson 3.1 - The mpl_connect function
  • A learning objective: Connect a figure to mouse events
• Lesson 3.2 - Different kinds of events
  • A learning objective: Connect a figure to other types of events (key presses, mouse entries, etc.)
• Lesson 3.3 - Object picking
  • A learning objective: Build pplications that allow you to interact with drawn objects.

Alternative Chapter 3 - Animations (And this??)

• Lesson 3.1 - FuncAnimation
• Lesson 3.2 - Initializing and Blitting
• Lesson 3.4 - Animate a 3D plot

Chapter 4 - Plotting geographic data

• Lesson 4.1 - GeoAxes
  • A learning objective: Learn to create Cartopy GeoAxes objects and interact with them via Matplotlib
• Lesson 4.2 - Projections
  • A learning objective: Use different projections and understand the differences between them
• Lesson 4.3 - Add data to GeoAxes
  • A learning objective: Plot geographically organized data on maps.
• Lesson 4.4 - Urban data
  • A learning objective: Using OSM with MPL