map plot colors and shapes

source/dataset_mapplot.py

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ class MapPlot:
         # name of the file where data is stored / read from
         self.data = pd.read_csv(resources_dir + AQbench_dataset_file)
         self.available_colors =\
-            ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow', 'cyan', 'magenta',
-             'orangered', 'sienna', 'chocolate', 'orange', 'goldenrod',
+            ['orangered', 'turquoise', 'green', 'yellow', 'cyan', 'magenta',
+             'hotpink', 'sienna', 'chocolate', 'orange', 'goldenrod',
              'gold', 'olive', 'yellowgreen', 'lawngreen', 'limegreen',
-             'springgreen', 'turquoise', 'teal', 'deepskyblue', 'dodgerblue',
+             'springgreen', 'blue', 'teal', 'deepskyblue', 'dodgerblue',
              'navy', 'mediumslateblue', 'blueviolet', 'violet',
-             'mediumvioletred', 'deeppink', 'hotpink']
+             'mediumvioletred', 'deeppink', 'red']
 
         self.available_markers =\
             ['o', 's', 'D', '*', 'P', 'p', 'd', 'X', 'v', '^', '<', '>']
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ class MapPlot:
     def plot(self, annotate=False):
         ax = plt.axes(projection=cartopy.crs.PlateCarree())
         ax.add_feature(cartopy.feature.COASTLINE)
-        ax.add_feature(cartopy.feature.BORDERS, linestyle=':')
+        # No borders due to political reasons
+        # ax.add_feature(cartopy.feature.BORDERS, linestyle=':')
         ax.add_feature(cartopy.feature.LAND)
         ax.add_feature(cartopy.feature.OCEAN)
 
@@ -47,10 +48,10 @@ class MapPlot:
             x, y = lons, lats
 
             ax.scatter(x, y,
-                       s=50,
+                       s=12,
                        color=self.colors[i],
                        marker=self.markers[i],
-                       alpha=0.5,
+                       alpha=0.7,
                        edgecolor='black',
                        label=self.labels[i],
                        zorder=2)
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ class MapPlot:
         self.data_plot = [train_pd, val_pd, test_pd]
         self.labels = ['training set', 'validation set', 'test set']
         self.colors = self.available_colors[:len(self.labels)]
-        self.markers = self.available_markers[:len(self.labels)]
+        self.markers = self.available_markers[0] * 3  # [:len(self.labels)]
 
         self.plot()