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SciTools / cartopy

cartopy

Cartopy - a cartographic python library with matplotlib support

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Cartopy - a cartographic python library with matplotlib support

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Observed mentions: 2016-02-23 15:21:01 UTC to 2020-05-14 07:16:09 UTC.

012016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2020

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20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110

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fknuth·May 14, 2020Submission

Making Better Maps with Python

GMT is still a popular open-source tool many folks rely on to make beautiful maps. https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/latest/gallery.html However, there are some nice mapping capabilities coming out in the latest release of cartopy. https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/whats_new.html For example, cartopy now supports plotting labeled meridian/parallel gridlines. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61786344/how-to-set-curvilinear-lat-lon-gridli… But the automated label alignment can get a bit messy... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61786344/how-to-set-curvilinear-lat-lon-gridli… I think the logic for this is here https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy/blob/47ec03f606d0833cc2aba4165efb8622fbe498bb/… Posting here t
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o help gain visibility. Hope this is of interest and perhaps something someone might want to hack on... Also, here some sweet basemap tiles to check out, while on the topic. https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/GIBS/GIBS+Available+Imagery+Products Posted an answer here on how to pull them in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61737584/contextily-map-upside-down-when-used-…
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