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Coordinates for glyphs on map

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Chris
Chris

I’m trying to get some of my own data on stamen toner tiles.

What co-ordinate system should I be converting to? Would be good to have this mentioned in the docs. From looking at docs and sample data I’d assumed lat/long would do the trick.

I’m no geographer, but looking at it It sort of looks like it might be UTM with some offset for zone?

Thanks,

Chris

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Jean_Felder
Jean_Felder

Hi Chris,

I've been using stamen toner tiles with my own data.
My points are in the WGS84/Pseudo-mercator coordinates system.

However, if you want to use "GMapPlot", your points have to be in the lat/long system.

I didn't find any mention of it in the docs.
Also, I do not know if Bokeh can directly handle projection conversions.
Maybe, we could add some explanation in the "Mapping Geo Data" part of the documentation.

Hope it helps,

Jean

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Le 24/03/2016 02:21, Chris a écrit :

I'm trying to get some of my own data on stamen toner tiles.

What co-ordinate system should I be converting to? Would be good to have
this mentioned in the docs. From looking at docs and sample data I'd
assumed lat/long would do the trick.

I'm no geographer, but looking at it It sort of looks like it might be
UTM with some offset for zone?

Thanks,
Chris

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Luke_Canavan1
Luke_Canavan1

Hi Chris -

Here’s an example of adding glyphs on Stamen toner tiles:

Let us know if you’re still stuck.

lukec

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On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 8:21:20 PM UTC-5, Chris wrote:

I’m trying to get some of my own data on stamen toner tiles.

What co-ordinate system should I be converting to? Would be good to have this mentioned in the docs. From looking at docs and sample data I’d assumed lat/long would do the trick.

I’m no geographer, but looking at it It sort of looks like it might be UTM with some offset for zone?

Thanks,

Chris

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Chris
Chris

Thanks Jean and Iukec!

That info set me on the right track and stuff shows up where I expected now!

Chris

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On Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 12:20:05 AM UTC+10, lcan...@continuum.io wrote:

Hi Chris -

Here’s an example of adding glyphs on Stamen toner tiles:

https://github.com/bokeh/bokeh/issues/3858#issuecomment-198414746

Let us know if you’re still stuck.

lukec

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 8:21:20 PM UTC-5, Chris wrote:

I’m trying to get some of my own data on stamen toner tiles.

What co-ordinate system should I be converting to? Would be good to have this mentioned in the docs. From looking at docs and sample data I’d assumed lat/long would do the trick.

I’m no geographer, but looking at it It sort of looks like it might be UTM with some offset for zone?

Thanks,

Chris

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