Interactive WMS (Web Map Service)

This example demonstrates the interactive pan and zoom capability supported by an OGC web services Web Map Service (WMS) aware axes.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import cartopy.crs as ccrs


def main():
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.InterruptedGoodeHomolosine())
    ax.coastlines()

    ax.add_wms(wms='http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0',
               layers=['basic'])

    plt.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()