fixed plots

tools/plot_scripts/data_spherical_projection.py

@@ -112,18 +112,27 @@ cmap = get_colormap_with_special_missing_color(
     args.colormap, args.missing_data_color, args.reverse_colormap
 )
 
-# --- Create a figure with 2 vertical subplots ---
+# --- Create a figure with 2 vertical subplots and move titles to the left ---
 fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=1, figsize=(10, 5))
-for ax, frame, title in zip(
+# leave extra left margin for the left-side labels
+fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.14, hspace=0.05)
+
+for ax, frame, label in zip(
     (ax1, ax2),
     (frame1, frame2),
-    (
-        "Projection of Lidar Frame without Degradation",
-        "Projection of Lidar Frame with Degradation (Artifical Smoke)",
-    ),
+    ("(a)", "(b)"),
 ):
     im = ax.imshow(frame, cmap=cmap, aspect="auto", vmin=global_vmin, vmax=global_vmax)
-    ax.set_title(title)
+    # place the "title" to the left, vertically centered relative to the axes
+    ax.text(
+        -0.02,  # negative x places text left of the axes (in axes coordinates)
+        0.5,
+        label,
+        transform=ax.transAxes,
+        va="center",
+        ha="right",
+        fontsize=12,
+    )
     ax.axis("off")
 
 # Adjust layout to fit margins for a paper