Stickplot (quiver) at the gallery

Hello list,

Some time ago Stephane Raynaud answered my question on how to produce a stickplot using quiver:

http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg15314.html

Since then, I have been forwarding that to several people interested in producing such a plot.

Maybe it is a good idea to add an example at the Gallery with the quiver as "stickplot"? Or it is too obvious?

Anyway, here is my suggestion:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
""" Stephane Raynaud """
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import datetime as dtime
from matplotlib.dates import date2num

""" fake dates starting now """
x = np.arange(100, 110, 0.1)
start = dtime.datetime.now()
dates = [start + dtime.timedelta(days=n) for n in range(len(x))]
""" dummy u, v """
u = np.sin(x)
v = np.cos(x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1, figsize=(16,6))
qiv = ax.quiver(date2num(dates), [[0]*len(x)], u, v, headlength=0, headwidth=0, headaxislength=0 )
key = ax.quiverkey(qiv, 0.25, 0.75, 0.5, "0.5 N m$^{-2}$", labelpos='N', coordinates='axes' )
plt.setp( ax.get_yticklabels(), visible=False)
plt.gca().xaxis_date()
plt.show()