Matplotlib: implementing overlapping annotations on a polar plot using `annotate` method
After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. I'm trying to create a polar plot in Matplotlib, but I'm working with issues with overlapping annotations when using the `annotate` method. My dataset consists of multiple data points, and I want to annotate each point with its respective label. However, when I plot the annotations, they overlap significantly, making it hard to read the labels. My current implementation looks something like this: ```python import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Sample data r = np.random.rand(10) theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 10) plt.figure(figsize=(8, 8)) ax = plt.subplot(111, projection='polar') ax.scatter(theta, r, color='blue') # Annotate each point for i in range(len(r)): ax.annotate(f'Point {i}', (theta[i], r[i]), textcoords="offset points", # how to position the text xytext=(0,10), # distance from text to points (x,y) ha='center') plt.show() ``` I've tried adjusting the `xytext` parameter to offset the text, but it still results in a cluttered appearance. I've also experimented with different `ha` (horizontal alignment) options, but the scenario continues. Is there a recommended approach to prevent overlapping annotations in polar plots? Any suggestions on how to improve the readability of these labels would be greatly appreciated, especially if there's a way to automatically adjust their positions based on proximity to other points. I'm using Matplotlib version 3.5.1. Any ideas what could be causing this? Is this even possible?