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I'm trying to plot a GeoTIFF in Python using Basemap. I can do so correctly with cyl projection like this:

m = Basemap(projection='cyl',
            llcrnrlat=LL[1], urcrnrlat=UR[1],
            llcrnrlon=LL[0], urcrnrlon=UR[0])

But if I try to do so in the ortho projection, it does not work. I'm using this function call:

m = Basemap(projection='ortho',
            lon_0 = origin[0],
            lat_0 = origin[1],
            llcrnrlat=LL[1], urcrnrlat=UR[1],
            llcrnrlon=LL[0], urcrnrlon=UR[0])

Basemap / matplotlib crashes with the error:

AttributeError: 'Basemap' object has no attribute '_height'

If I remove the llcrnX arguments, the ortho projection works, but I see the whole globe. I guess this is OK, if I can then somehow plot my image using the corner coordinate. Basemap documentation states that the corners may be specified.

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  • Did you ever get this to work? I just got this error.
    – Matthew Turner
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 2:01
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    Doc error - you can't use lat/lon, you have to use llcrnrx, llcrnry, etc.
    – mankoff
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 3:49
  • This is how it works for me [The parameters are for COMS-1 sattelite]: map = Basemap(projection='ortho', resolution='l', lat_0=36.0, lon_0=130.0, llcrnrx=-1393134.5247400326, llcrnry=-1494753.6065000296, urcrnrx=1393134.1277100428, urcrnry=1350584.3149082884)
    – visoft
    Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 9:12

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This is due to a document error - you can't use lat/lon, you have to use llcrnrx, llcrnry, etc. –

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