Features

A demonstration of some of the built-in Natural Earth features found in cartopy.

../_images/sphx_glr_features_001.png
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cfeature
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


def main():
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
    ax.set_extent([-20, 60, -40, 45], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())

    ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAND)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.OCEAN)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.BORDERS, linestyle=':')
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAKES, alpha=0.5)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.RIVERS)

    plt.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.091 seconds)

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