I'm trying to plot the path of 15 different storms on a map in 15 different colors. The color of the path should depend on the name of the storm. For example if the storm's name is AUDREY, the color of the storm's path should be red on the map. Could some please help/point me in the right direction?
Here's the part of my code:
import numpy as np
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import csv, os, scipy
import pandas
from PIL import *
data = np.loadtxt('louisianastormb.csv',dtype=np.str,delimiter=',',skiprows=1)
'''print data'''
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,12))
ax = fig.add_axes([0.1,0.1,0.8,0.8])
m = Basemap(llcrnrlon=-100.,llcrnrlat=0.,urcrnrlon=-20.,urcrnrlat=57.,
projection='lcc',lat_1=20.,lat_2=40.,lon_0=-60.,
resolution ='l',area_thresh=1000.)
m.bluemarble()
m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.5)
m.drawcountries(linewidth=0.5)
m.drawstates(linewidth=0.5)
# Creates parallels and meridians
m.drawparallels(np.arange(10.,35.,5.),labels=[1,0,0,1])
m.drawmeridians(np.arange(-120.,-80.,5.),labels=[1,0,0,1])
m.drawmapboundary(fill_color='aqua')
color_dict = {'AUDREY': 'red', 'ETHEL': 'white', 'BETSY': 'yellow','CAMILLE': 'blue', 'CARMEN': 'green',
'BABE': 'purple', 'BOB': '#ff69b4', 'FREDERIC': 'black', 'ELENA': 'cyan', 'JUAN': 'magenta', 'FLORENCE': '#faebd7',
'ANDREW': '#2e8b57', 'GEORGES': '#eeefff', 'ISIDORE': '#da70d6', 'IVAN': '#ff7f50', 'CINDY': '#cd853f',
'DENNIS': '#bc8f8f', 'RITA': '#5f9ea0', 'IDA': '#daa520'}
# Opens data file witn numpy
'''data = np.loadtxt('louisianastormb.csv',dtype=np.str,delimiter=',',skiprows=0)'''
'''print data'''
colnames = ['Year','Name','Type','Latitude','Longitude']
data = pandas.read_csv('louisianastormb.csv', names=colnames)
names = list(data.Name)
lat = list(data.Latitude)
long = list(data.Longitude)
colorName = list(data.Name)
#print lat
#print long
lat.pop(0)
long.pop(0)
latitude= map(float, lat)
longitude = map(float, long)
x, y = m(latitude,longitude)
#Plots points on map
for colorName in color_dict.keys():
plt.plot(x,y,'-',label=colorName,color=color_dict[colorName], linewidth=2 )
lg = plt.legend()
lg.get_frame().set_facecolor('grey')
plt.title('20 Hurricanes with Landfall in Louisiana')
#plt.show()
plt.savefig('20hurpaths1.jpg', dpi=100)
Here's the error message that I keep getting is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mikey1/lstorms.py", line 51, in <module>
plt.plot(x,y,'y-',color=colors[names], linewidth=2 )
TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'
>>>