Source code for geonum.helpers

# Geonum is a Python library for geographical calculations in 3D
# Copyright (C) 2017 Jonas Gliss (jonasgliss@gmail.com)
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import os

import numpy as np

from geonum import TOPO_INFO_FILE, LOCAL_TOPO_DIR

[docs] def order_of_magnitude(num): """ Get exponent precision of input number E.g. 1 if input number is 14.2, 0 if input number is 3 or -1 if input number is 0.1. Note ---- The order of magnitude here is calculated using floor(log10(num)), thus, num=9, would result in a value of 0, in contrary to other definitions ( e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_magnitude). Parameters ---------- num : float input number Returns ------- int order of magnitude of input number """ return int(np.floor(np.log10(np.abs(num))))
[docs] def all_topodata_search_dirs(): """Returns a list of all directories that are searched for topography data Returns ------- list list containing all search directories (absolute paths) """ if LOCAL_TOPO_DIR is None: raise FileNotFoundError('geonum local topo directory not accessible') paths = [] with open(TOPO_INFO_FILE, "r") as f: for line in f: p = line.strip() if os.path.exists(p) and not p in paths: paths.append(os.path.normpath(p)) return paths
[docs] def check_and_add_topodir(local_dir): """Check if input directory is registered and if not, register it Parameters ---------- local_dir : str directory that is supposed to be checked """ fp = os.path.normpath(local_dir) if not os.path.exists(fp): raise ValueError(f'{local_dir} does not exist...') elif not fp in all_topodata_search_dirs(): with open(TOPO_INFO_FILE, "a") as f: f.write(f'{fp}\n') print(f'Adding {fp} to file ~/.geonum/LOCAL_TOPO_DATA')
[docs] def isnum(val): """Checks if input is number (int or float) or and not nan Parameters ---------- val input object to be checked Returns ------- bool whether or not input object `val` is of numerical type """ if isinstance(val, (int, float)) and not np.isnan(val): return True return False
# ToDo: review and move to plot_helpers.py
[docs] def rotate_xtick_labels(ax, deg=30, ha="right"): """Rotate xtick labels in matplotlib axes object""" lbls = ax.get_xticklabels() lbls = [lbl.get_text() for lbl in lbls] ax.set_xticklabels(lbls, rotation=deg, ha=ha) return ax
[docs] def haversine_formula(lon0, lat0, lon1, lat1, radius=None): """Haversine formula to compute distances on a sphere Approximate horizontal distance between 2 points assuming a spherical earth. Parameters ---------- lon0 : float longitude of first point in decimal degrees lat0 : float latitude of first point in decimal degrees lon1 : float longitude of second point in decimal degrees lat1 : float latitude of second point in decimal degrees radius : float average earth radius in km, defaults to 6371 km Returns ------- float distance of both points in km """ if radius is None: radius = 6371 hav = lambda d_theta: np.sin(d_theta / 2.0) ** 2 d_lon = np.radians(lon1 - lon0) d_lat = np.radians(lat1 - lat0) lat0 = np.radians(lat0) lat1 = np.radians(lat1) a = hav(d_lat) + np.cos(lat0) * np.cos(lat1) * hav(d_lon) c = 2 * np.arcsin(np.sqrt(a)) return radius * c
# ToDo: check whether this is really needed...
[docs] def approximate_connection_vector(lon0, lat0, lon1, lat1, len_lat_km=111.20): """Returns approximate connection vector between two points Note ---- Careful: Only approximate, suited for small distances ( < 100km) Parameters ---------- lon0 : float longitude of first point in decimal degrees lat0 : float latitude of first point in decimal degrees lon1 : float longitude of second point in decimal degrees lat1 : float latitude of second point in decimal degrees len_lat_km : float approx. length of 1 degree latitude at the equator in km. Returns ------- numpy.ndarray 2-element array containing (dx, dy) components of connection vector """ lat = (lat0 + lat1) / 2 * 0.01745 dx = len_lat_km * np.cos(lat) * (lon1 - lon0) dy = len_lat_km * (lat1 - lat0) return np.array((dx, dy))
[docs] def shifted_color_map(vmin, vmax, cmap=None): """Shift center of a diverging colormap to value 0 Note ---- This method was found `here <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ 7404116/defining-the-midpoint-of-a-colormap-in-matplotlib>`__ (last access: 17/01/2017). Thanks to `Paul H <http://stackoverflow.com/ users/1552748/paul-h>`_ who provided it. Function to offset the "center" of a colormap. Useful for data with a negative min and positive max and if you want the middle of the colormap's dynamic range to be at zero level Parameters ---------- vmin : float lower end of data value range vmax : float upper end of data value range cmap matplotlib colormap to be shifted (if None, use "seismic") Returns ------- matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap shifted colormap """ import matplotlib.cm as colormaps import matplotlib.colors as colors if cmap is None: cmap = colormaps.seismic midpoint = 1 - np.abs(vmax) / (np.abs(vmax) + np.abs(vmin)) cdict = { 'red': [], 'green': [], 'blue': [], 'alpha': [] } # regular index to compute the colors reg_index = np.linspace(0, 1, 257) # shifted index to match the data shift_index = np.hstack([ np.linspace(0.0, midpoint, 128, endpoint=False), np.linspace(midpoint, 1.0, 129, endpoint=True) ]) for ri, si in zip(reg_index, shift_index): r, g, b, a = cmap(ri) cdict['red'].append((si, r, r)) cdict['green'].append((si, g, g)) cdict['blue'].append((si, b, b)) cdict['alpha'].append((si, a, a)) return colors.LinearSegmentedColormap('shiftedcmap', cdict)