closest neighbour?

Hi,

I am trying to extract a a line (or transect) of data across a 2 dimensional array. I want to know what the best way of finding data points within my 2D dataset closest to each point on my line. Is there a matplotlib pre-defined function to find the closest point within a radius or must I create my own?

Thanks a lot, Marjolaine.

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Marjolaine Rouault wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to extract a a line (or transect) of data across a 2 dimensional array. I want to know what the best way of finding data points within my 2D dataset closest to each point on my line. Is there a matplotlib pre-defined function to find the closest point within a radius or must I create my own?

Thanks a lot, Marjolaine.
  
Marjolaine: Sounds like what you want is nearest neighbor interpolation. The Basemap toolkit has an interp function that can do bilinear or nearest neighbor interpolation. It's typically used for regridding, but I think it will work for your use case too.

Here's some pseudo-code:

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import interp
# here datarr is 2d data array on a regular grid with x,y coordinates
# defined by 1-d arrays x,y. The arrays xout, yout describe the points
# on the transect. order=0 means nearest neighbor interp, order=1 means bilinear.
# dataout is the data interpolated to the transect.
dataout = interp(datarr,x,y,xout,yout,order=0)

-Jeff

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Hi Jeff,

Yes, I think this is what I needed. Many thanks.

Marjolaine.

Jeff Whitaker <jswhit@...146...> 03/09/09 5:21 PM >>>

Marjolaine Rouault wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to extract a a line (or transect) of data across a 2 dimensional array. I want to know what the best way of finding data points within my 2D dataset closest to each point on my line. Is there a matplotlib pre-defined function to find the closest point within a radius or must I create my own?

Thanks a lot, Marjolaine.
  
Marjolaine: Sounds like what you want is nearest neighbor interpolation. The Basemap toolkit has an interp function that can do bilinear or nearest neighbor interpolation. It's typically used for regridding, but I think it will work for your use case too.

Here's some pseudo-code:

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import interp
# here datarr is 2d data array on a regular grid with x,y coordinates
# defined by 1-d arrays x,y. The arrays xout, yout describe the points
# on the transect. order=0 means nearest neighbor interp, order=1 means bilinear.
# dataout is the data interpolated to the transect.
dataout = interp(datarr,x,y,xout,yout,order=0)

-Jeff

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Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449
NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : Jeffrey.S.Whitaker@...259...
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Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : Jeffrey S. Whitaker: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

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