barplot overlay on US state map visualization tool

[victoriahunt]

We have been showing plots like this one, which was done using image editing and is not automated. There is a need to do this in an automated fashion, integrated into the code base.

[victoriahunt]

Using vbar (vertical bar) glyphs in Bokeh, we can create this sort of plot in Bokeh directly. Because of differences in sizes of bars and irregular US state shapes, there is some customization that is required to make it easier to see what is going on (which bars go with which state etc):

[victoriahunt]

Bar size, legend, and bar placement on US states has been optimized for WECC. I may need to do some readjustment and customization for other interconnections. Definitely parameters would need to be adjusted if using this functionality for other fields that have different ranges:

[victoriahunt]

Example using a scenario with higher emissions, demonstrating reasonable placement of labels and bars:

[victoriahunt]

size factor added, to allow for relative height adjustment:

[victoriahunt]

Sanity check on totals against previous code used to produce overall barplots: