# examples of using the 'width' and 'height' keywords # to the Basemap constructor. from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap from pylab import * # setup projection centered on lon_0,lat_0 lat_0 = 40. lon_0 = -100. width = 6000000. height = 2.*width/3. delat = 25. circles = arange(0.,90.+delat,delat).tolist()+\ arange(-delat,-90.-delat,-delat).tolist() delon = 30. meridians = arange(10.,360.,delon) npanel = 0 # plots of the US. projs = ['lcc','aeqd','aea','laea','eqdc','stere'] fig = figure(figsize=(8,12)) for proj in projs: m = Basemap(width=width,height=height, resolution='c',projection=proj,\ lat_0=lat_0,lon_0=lon_0) npanel = npanel + 1 subplot(3,2,npanel) # setup figure with same aspect ratio as map. m.drawcoastlines() m.drawcountries() m.fillcontinents() m.drawstates() m.drawparallels(circles) m.drawmeridians(meridians) title('proj = '+proj+' centered on %sW, %sN' % (lon_0,lat_0),fontsize=10) show() proj = 'omerc' delat = 10. circles = arange(0.,90.+delat,delat).tolist()+\ arange(-delat,-90.-delat,-delat).tolist() delon = 10. meridians = arange(10.,360.,delon) lat_1 = 40; lat_2 = 55 lon_1 = -120; lon_2 = -140 lat_0 = 47.5 ; lon_0 = -130 fig = figure() width = 1500000. height = 2.5*width m = Basemap(width=width,height=height, resolution='l',projection=proj,\ lon_1=lon_1,lon_2=lon_2,\ lat_1=lat_1,lat_2=lat_2,\ lat_0=lat_0,lon_0=lon_0) m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.5) m.drawcountries(linewidth=0.5) m.fillcontinents() m.drawstates(linewidth=0.5) m.drawparallels(circles) m.drawmeridians(meridians) title('proj = '+proj+' centered on %sW, %sN' % (lon_0,lat_0),fontsize=10) show() #lon_0 = -8 #lat_0 = 53.3 #width=350000. #height= 1.33*width #fig=figure() #proj='tmerc' #circles = arange(50,60,1) #meridians = arange(-12,2,1) #m = Basemap(width=width,height=height, # resolution='i',projection=proj,\ # lat_0=lat_0,lon_0=lon_0) #m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.5) #m.drawcountries(linewidth=0.5) #m.fillcontinents() #m.drawstates(linewidth=0.5) #m.drawparallels(circles) #m.drawmeridians(meridians) #title('proj = '+proj+' centered on %sW, %sN' % (lon_0,lat_0),fontsize=10) #show()