Вот решение без использования потоков становится очень простым:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation
import numpy as np
from firebase import firebase
firebase = firebase.FirebaseApplication('Firebase url', None)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
x, y = [],[]
sc = ax.scatter(x,y,c=np.random.rand(3,))
plt.xlim(12,13)
plt.ylim(77,78)
def animate(i):
xs = firebase.get('/Lat',None)
ys = firebase.get('/Long',None)
xs = round(xs,2)
ys = round(ys,2)
file = open("testfile.txt","a+")
file.write("{0},{1} \n".format(xs,ys))
file.close()
graph_data = open("testfile.txt","r").read()
lines = graph_data.split("\n")
for line in lines:
if len(line)>1:
xs,ys = line.split(",")
x.append(xs)
y.append(ys)
sc.set_offsets(np.c_[x,y])
ani = matplotlib.animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate,
frames=2, interval=500, repeat=True)
plt.show()