How To Add A Single Colobar That Will Show The Data From 2 Different Subplot

What i wanna do is adding a single colorbar (at the right side of the figure shown below), that will show the colorbar for both subplots (they are at the same scale). Another thing

Solution 1:

Basically, figure.colorbar() is good for both images, as long as their are not with too different scales. So you could let matplotlib do it for you... or you manually position your colorbar on axes inside the images. Here is how to control the location of the colorbar:

import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

A = np.random.random_integers(0, 10, 100).reshape(10, 10)
B = np.random.random_integers(0, 10, 100).reshape(10, 10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(221)
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(222)

mapable = ax1.imshow(A, interpolation="nearest")
cax = ax2.imshow(A, interpolation="nearest")

# set the tickmarks *if* you want cutom (ie, arbitrary) tick labels:
cbar = fig.colorbar(cax, ax=None)

fig = plt.figure(2)
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(121)
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(122)
mapable = ax1.imshow(A, interpolation="nearest")
cax = ax2.imshow(A, interpolation="nearest")
# on the figure total in precent l    b      w , height 
ax3 = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.05]) # setup colorbar axes. 
# put the colorbar on new axes
cbar = fig.colorbar(mapable,cax=ax3,orientation='horizontal')

plt.show()

Note ofcourse you can position ax3 as you wish, on the side, on the top, where ever, as long as it is in the boundaries of the figure.

I don't know why your line2D is not appearing.

I added to my code before plt.show() the following and everything is showing:

from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import anchored_artists
from matplotlib.patheffects import withStroke
txt = anchored_artists.AnchoredText("SC",
                                    loc=2,
                                    frameon=False,
                                    prop=dict(size=12))
if withStroke:
    txt.txt._text.set_path_effects([withStroke(foreground="w",
                                               linewidth=3)])
ax1.add_artist(txt)


## Draw a line to separate the two different wave lengths, and name each region
l1 = plt.Line2D([-1,10],[5,5],ls='-',color='black',lineswidth=10)
ax1.add_line(l1)