Plot a world map¶

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# By line: RRB 2020-07-18
# Script aims to:
# - Plot a world map with coastlines
# - Add axes labels
# - Add grid lines

Import the modules you will use¶

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt            # For plotting
import cartopy.crs as ccrs                 # For plotting maps
import cartopy.feature as cfeature         # For plotting maps

Creat the Plot¶

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plt.figure(figsize=(20,8))

#Define projection
ax = plt.axes(projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())

# add coastlines
ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE)

#add lat lon grids
gl = ax.gridlines(draw_labels=True, color='grey', alpha=0.8, linestyle='--')
gl.xlabels_top = False
gl.ylabels_right = False

# Titles
# Main
plt.title("Global map",fontsize=18)

# y-axis
ax.text(-0.04, 0.5, 'Latitude', va='bottom', ha='center',
        rotation='vertical', rotation_mode='anchor',
        transform=ax.transAxes)
# x-axis
ax.text(0.5, -0.08, 'Longitude', va='bottom', ha='center',
        rotation='horizontal', rotation_mode='anchor',
        transform=ax.transAxes)


plt.show()

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