Invalid cartopy method call in "draw_basemap"

[irm-codebase]

The issue

Calling ppm.plotpowerplant_map(some_ppm_df) will result in failure due to this line:

ax.outline_patch.set_visible(False)

This is most likely because the dependencies of this library are not pinned to "below" X version of geopandas and cartopy, resulting in unstable software.

The error shown is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 Line 42, in <module>
    ppm.plot.powerplant_map(plants)
  Line 123, in powerplant_map
    draw_basemap(ax=ax, resolution=resolution, fillcontinents=fillcontinents)
  Line 390, in draw_basemap
    ax.outline_patch.set_visible(False)
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'GeoAxes' object has no attribute 'outline_patch'

Solutions

v0.5.15 (the newest version at the moment) has several of these issues (e.g., using append instead of concat in other plotting functions).

Although modifying the line would fix this issue, using a lockfile is more robust long-term. There are some nice tools to do this (I like pixi).

[irm-codebase]

Additionally, pinning cartopy to 0.17 (the version before outline_patch was depreciated) on the user side causes other headaches, since it's a fairly old version...

[lkstrp]

Thank you @irm-codebase !

The linked pr should fix that. Other pandas compatibility issues should also have been fixed in the master. If you encounter any other issues feel free to raise them. I'll make a release soon.

We are trying to improve the tests so that these things are caught earlier and no pins are needed.

[irm-codebase]

Great, thank you for the help Lukas!