arange ( - 90, 90, 30 )) # Ad gridlines plt. text ( ny_lon + 4, ny_lat + 4, 'New York', transform = ccrs. Geodetic ()) # Plot the point for the NY city ax. plot ( ny_lon, ny_lat, 'ko', transform = ccrs. arange ( - 90, 90, 30 )) # Add tissot indicatrisses ax. set_title ( title ) # Add title for each subplot. projection = proj # Here we change projection for each subplot.
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subplots ( 2, 2, subplot_kw =, figsize = ( 15, 10 )) ny_lon, ny_lat = - 75, 43 for ax, proj, title in zip ( axes. filterwarnings ( 'ignore' ) projections = titles = fig, axes = plt. Import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import cartopy.crs as ccrs from cartopy.feature import OCEAN import warnings warnings. I told the Axes that the data is in a Geodetic system, cartopy defaults to the WGS84 datum. Everytime a point/line/image is added to a cartopy GeoAxes, it is required to add a coordinate system to the transform of the matplotlib's Axes. Notice how I added information to the transform argument when I added the point. And also add a labeled point on the city of New York. Let's iterate through some map projections and analyse the distortions using the Tissot Indicatrix. powerful vector data handling by integrating shapefile reading with Shapely capabilities.integration to expose advanced mapping in matplotlib with a simple and intuitive interface.point, line, vector, polygon and image transformations between projections.Visualizations using common Map ProjectionsĬartopy is a Python package designed to make drawing maps for data analysis and visualisation as easy as possible.Ĭartopy makes use of the powerful PROJ.4, numpy and shapely libraries and has a simple and intuitive drawing interface to matplotlib for creating publication quality maps. Pyproj have a list of ellipsoids and projections and can be accessed with the methods.
This tutorial was created in Python 2.7 using Jupyter Notebooks. Like this one:įor the good of it's community, Python have some simple solutions for us to do transformation between datums and a easy module to plot using different map projections. There are also some detailed YouTube videos on this. See the section on Projections for more information about projection methodologies.įor more information, read the ICSM's Fundamentals of Mapping However, also in this modern digital era, people like to know locations precisely so even a small difference may be significant.Ī projection is a process which uses the latitude and longitude which has already been ‘drawn’ on the surface of the Earth using a datum, to then be ‘drawn’ onto a ‘flat piece of paper’ - called a map. Also, in the modern digital era, techniques have vastly improved and many modern datum are very similar to each other. Mathematically a ’round’ surface (a modified sphere) is created which represents the surface of the Earthįrom here calculations are made to fit this mathematical model to the surface of the Earth - firstly the Equator, then North and South Poles and then lines of latitude and longitude.īecause there are different ways to fit the mathematical model to the surface of the Earth, there are many different datums. The basic mathematical/geometric principle which is used is that: To avoid confusion, let's quote:įrom the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM):Ī datum is a system which allows the location of latitudes and longitudes (and heights) to be identified onto the surface of the Earth - ie onto the surface of a ’round’ object. These models exist to approach the shape and size of the earth and make easier for us to locate ourselves on the earth surface. There are different datums and some of these fit better for a specific part of the earth while other don't. Most part of the earth data is referenced to models (datums) and are unprojected.
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