A simple example showing how to plot in polar coordinnates with matplotlib.
Python source code: plot_polar_ex.py
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
ax = plt.axes([0.025, 0.025, 0.95, 0.95], polar=True)
N = 20
theta = np.arange(0.0, 2 * np.pi, 2 * np.pi / N)
radii = 10 * np.random.rand(N)
width = np.pi / 4 * np.random.rand(N)
bars = plt.bar(theta, radii, width=width, bottom=0.0)
for r,bar in zip(radii, bars):
bar.set_facecolor(plt.cm.jet(r/10.))
bar.set_alpha(0.5)
ax.set_xticklabels([])
ax.set_yticklabels([])
plt.show()
Total running time of the example: 0.04 seconds ( 0 minutes 0.04 seconds)