{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/792","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/792/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/792/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/792/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/792","id":140264913,"number":792,"title":"ENH: Don't infer pcolormesh interval breaks for unevenly spaced coordiantes","user":{"login":"jhamman","id":2443309,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2443309?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman","html_url":"https://github.com/jhamman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/labels/plotting","name":"plotting","color":"d4c5f9"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-03-11T19:06:30Z","updated_at":"2016-03-11T20:40:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Based on discussion in #781 and #782, it seems like a bad idea to infer (guess) the spacing of coordinates when they are unevenly spaced.  As @ocefpaf points out:\r\n\r\n>guessing should be an active user choice, not the automatic behavior. \r\n\r\nSo the options moving forward are to \r\n\r\n1.  never infer the interval breaks and be okay with pcolormesh and imshow producing dissimilar plots, or\r\n2. only infer the interval breaks when the coordinates are evenly spaced.\r\n\r\ncc @clarkfitzg "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/comments/195542223","html_url":"https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/792#issuecomment-195542223","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/792","id":195542223,"user":{"login":"jhamman","id":2443309,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2443309?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman","html_url":"https://github.com/jhamman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhamman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-11T20:40:03Z","updated_at":"2016-03-11T20:40:03Z","body":"I agree, 1 seems to be the easiest.  \r\n\r\n@clarkfitzg P.S.  I think we're in the same boat, new baby and I'm just a few months from my defense."}}