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    Why So Many Weather Maps Are Rainbow-Colored (And Why They Shouldn’t Be)

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      gzk last edited by

      An interesting article I completely agree with:

      https://www.fastcodesign.com/90138569/why-so-many-weather-maps-are-rainbow-colored-and-why-they-shouldnt-be

      There are now some better gradient to represent continuous data : https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/viridis/vignettes/intro-to-viridis.html

      Wouldn't it be possible to allow the user to choose one on these predefined gradient?

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        Tomber42 Moderator last edited by

        see https://community.windy.com/topic/3578/ambiguous-color-mapping

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          gzk last edited by

          Ok. Nice to see the preset is an open issue. Here is a test I've just done:

          Plasma gradient

          0_1505747793548_upload-d576c6d1-a2ed-4204-a5f8-ac9b046995d1

          Vs default one

          0_1505747876349_upload-52b0c6f0-9919-4eae-8f90-776f334db969

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