Hi everyone
Any thoughts on how I could create a (gridded) animated map? There is a function cdsplot.geoseries() that returns a list of pcolormesh plots from a DataArray along the specified dimension. And there is the function animate.figure() that returns "an animated gif from list of input figures."
So I naively assumed I could use the output of the first to feed into the second:
figlist = ct.cdsplot.geoseries(data,pcolormesh_kwargs={'cmap': 'viridis'})
fig = ct.animate.figure(figlist)
But this produces an error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/cdstoolbox/cdscompute/cdscompute/cdshandlers/services/handler.py", line 49, in handle_request
result = cached(context.method, proc, context, context.args, context.kwargs)
File "/opt/cdstoolbox/cdscompute/cdscompute/caching.py", line 108, in cached
result = proc(context, *context.args, **context.kwargs)
File "/opt/cdstoolbox/cdscompute/cdscompute/services.py", line 118, in __call__
return p(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/cdstoolbox/cdscompute/cdscompute/services.py", line 59, in __call__
return self.proc(context, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/cds/cdsservices/services/animate.py", line 46, in figure
cmd = prepare_cmd(context, figures=figures, framerate=framerate)
File "/home/cds/cdsservices/services/animate.py", line 27, in prepare_cmd
context.run_command('/bin/bash', '-c', '%s' % " ".join(cmd + palette_opt))
TypeError: sequence item 1: expected str instance, dict found
A list of figures is created, but animate doesn't like it. So how could I get this to work? Any pointers to get me started?
Many thanks!
Rutger
8 Comments
Vivien MAVEL
Dear Rutger,
Thanks for flagging this issue up.
It is a bug which we are currently working on.
I will update you on this post when it is fixed.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Regards.
Vivien
Vivien MAVEL
Dear Rutger,
The animate tool is now working again and need to be used with ct.map.plot() instead of ct.cdsplot.*.
Here is an example of animation:
https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/toolbox-editor/168/animate_magics
Let me know if you have any question on this Rutger.
Regards.
Vivien
Rutger Dankers
Hi Vivien
Thanks for this, and for the example. Are there any plans for getting animate to work with cdsplot / cdsplot.geoseries(...) as well?
Many thanks
Rutger
Vivien MAVEL
Hi Rutger,
The current strategy is to promote Magics as the tool to produce maps and to deprecate cdsplot, so, as far as I know, animate is not planned to work with cdsplot.
A feature request can always be made through the user support service though.
Regards.
Vivien
Rutger Dankers
Hi Vivien
OK thanks. In that case I'm looking forward to the second how-to guide on customisation options with Magics, as I could do with some more examples...
Cheers
Rutger
Vivien MAVEL
Hi Rutger,
You can already find it here: https://cds-toolbox-dev.bopen.eu/toolbox/doc/how-to/22_how_to_make_a_map_with_magics_part2/22_how_to_make_a_map_with_magics_part2.html#ht22.
I will be be on the production webtite at the next Toolbox release but I understand you might need it right now:
I hope this helps.
Vivien
Rutger Dankers
Thanks! That is certainly helpful!
Vivien MAVEL
Great. Any feedback in the Magics guide is welcome and do not hesitate to open separate threads on the forum for questions regarding Magics.