Raise exception when user tries to use set_xlim or set_ylim on a geo projection

adrn · pelson · commit e528dad1189e · 2013-05-13T15:35:40.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/projections/geo.py b/lib/matplotlib/projections/geo.py
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ def set_yscale(self, *args, **kwargs):
     set_xscale = set_yscale
 
     def set_xlim(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        Axes.set_xlim(self, -np.pi, np.pi)
-        Axes.set_ylim(self, -np.pi / 2.0, np.pi / 2.0)
+        raise TypeError("It is not possible to change axes limits "
+                        "for geographic projections. Please consider "
+                        "using Basemap or Cartopy.")
 
     set_ylim = set_xlim
 
