zorder for individual points in a scatter plot on a Basemap

Hi,

I’m currently using a scatter plot on a Basemap and I’d like to set the
zorder of the individual points based on their temperature. The
higher the temperature, the higher the zorder. Also, i’m using a
colorbar to set the colors for the plot. Here is a snippet of my code:

    x = np.array(val)

    fig.sca(ax1)

    lon_0 =(urcrnrlon+llcrnrlon)/2

    lat_0 =(urcrnrlat+llcrnrlat)/2
    m =    

Basemap(llcrnrlon=llcrnrlon,llcrnrlat=llcrnrlat,urcrnrlon=urcrnrlon,

urcrnrlat=urcrnrlat,resolution=‘i’,projection=‘cyl’,lon_0=lon_0,lat_0=lat_0)

    m.drawcoastlines()

    m.drawmapboundary()

    m.drawparallels(np.arange(llcrnrlat-1,urcrnrlat+1,5.))

    m.drawmeridians(np.arange(llcrnrlon-1,urcrnrlon+1,5.))

    m.fillcontinents(color='white',lake_color='aqua')

    m.drawcountries(linewidth=1)

    lons,lats = m(lon,lat)

   

    #I can do it this way, but this screws up the colorbar

    #for i in range(len(x)):
···
    #   

m.scatter(lons[i],lats[i],c=x[i],marker=‘o’,picker=5,zorder=x[i])

    m.scatter(lons,lats,c=x,marker='o',picker=5)   

    plt.title('Time Range: %s to %s'%(startDay.strftime("%b-%d

%H:%M"),endDay.strftime("%b-%d %H:%M")))

    plt.colorbar(shrink=0.5)

Is there anyway to set the zorder of the points without using the loop
in commented code? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Aman


Aman Thakral
B.Eng & Biosci, M.Eng Design