[Python] How do I make it so that the zoom on a plotly chart stays persistent even when new...

I have a chart that looks like this-

import datetime

import dash
from dash import dcc, html
import plotly
from dash.dependencies import Input, Output
from pyorbital.orbital import Orbital
satellite = Orbital('TERRA')

app = dash.Dash(__name__, external_stylesheets=external_stylesheets)
app.layout = html.Div(
html.Div([
html.H4('TERRA Satellite Live Feed'),
html.Div(id='live-update-text'),
dcc.Graph(id='live-update-graph'),
dcc.Interval(
id='interval-component',
interval=10*1000, # in milliseconds
n_intervals=0
)
])
)


@app.callback(Output('live-update-text', 'children'),
Input('interval-component', 'n_intervals'))
def update_metrics(n):
lon, lat, alt = satellite.get_lonlatalt(datetime.datetime.now())
style = {'padding': '5px', 'fontSize': '16px'}
return [
html.Span('Longitude: {0:.2f}'.format(lon), style=style),
html.Span('Latitude: {0:.2f}'.format(lat), style=style),
html.Span('Altitude: {0:0.2f}'.format(alt), style=style)
]


# Multiple components can update everytime interval gets fired.
@app.callback(Output('live-update-graph', 'figure'),
Input('interval-component', 'n_intervals'))
def update_graph_live(n):
satellite = Orbital('TERRA')
data = {
'time': [],
'Latitude': [],
'Longitude': [],
'Altitude': []
}

# Collect some data
for i in range(180):
time = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(seconds=i*20)
lon, lat, alt = satellite.get_lonlatalt(
time
)
data['Longitude'].append(lon)
data['Latitude'].append(lat)
data['Altitude'].append(alt)
data['time'].append(time)

# Create the graph with subplots
fig = plotly.tools.make_subplots(rows=2, cols=1, vertical_spacing=0.2)
fig['layout']['margin'] = {
'l': 30, 'r': 10, 'b': 30, 't': 10
}
fig['layout']['legend'] = {'x': 0, 'y': 1, 'xanchor': 'left'}

fig.append_trace({
'x': data['time'],
'y': data['Altitude'],
'name': 'Altitude',
'mode': 'lines+markers',
'type': 'scatter'
}, 1, 1)
fig.append_trace({
'x': data['Longitude'],
'y': data['Latitude'],
'text': data['time'],
'name': 'Longitude vs Latitude',
'mode': 'lines+markers',
'type': 'scatter'
}, 2, 1)

return fig


if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run_server(debug=True)


Right now, if I zoom into the chart to look at a specific section of data and then the data refreshes, I lose my zoom position. I want to make the zoom position persistent even as new data loads. Perhaps settings the update as a background update is the answer here.

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