pygmt.Figure.coast

Figure.coast(*, area_thresh=None, frame=None, lakes=None, resolution=None, dcw=None, box=None, land=None, rivers=None, projection=None, map_scale=None, borders=None, region=None, water=None, verbose=None, shorelines=None, panel=None, perspective=None, transparency=None, **kwargs)

Plot continents, shorelines, rivers, and borders on maps.

Plots grayshaded, colored, or textured land masses [or water masses] on maps and [optionally] draws coastlines, rivers, and political boundaries. The data files come in 5 different resolutions: (f)ull, (h)igh, (i)ntermediate, (l)ow, and (c)rude. The full resolution files amount to more than 55 Mb of data and provide great detail; for maps of larger geographical extent it is more economical to use one of the other resolutions. If the user selects to paint the land areas and does not specify fill of water areas then the latter will be transparent (i.e., earlier graphics drawn in those areas will not be overwritten). Likewise, if the water areas are painted and no land fill is set then the land areas will be transparent.

A map projection must be supplied.

Full option list at https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/6.5/coast.html

Aliases:

  • A = area_thresh

  • B = frame

  • C = lakes

  • D = resolution

  • E = dcw

  • F = box

  • G = land

  • I = rivers

  • J = projection

  • L = map_scale

  • N = borders

  • R = region

  • S = water

  • V = verbose

  • W = shorelines

  • c = panel

  • p = perspective

  • t = transparency

Parameters:
  • projection (str) – projcode[projparams/]width|scale. Select map projection.

  • region (str or list) – xmin/xmax/ymin/ymax[+r][+uunit]. Specify the region of interest. Required if this is the first plot command.

  • area_thresh (float or str) – min_area[/min_level/max_level][+a[g|i][s|S]][+l|r][+ppercent]. Features with an area smaller than min_area in km2 or of hierarchical level that is lower than min_level or higher than max_level will not be plotted [Default is "0/0/4" (all features)].

  • frame (bool, str, or list) – Set map boundary frame and axes attributes.

  • lakes (str or list) – fill[+l|+r]. Set the shade, color, or pattern for lakes and river-lakes. The default is the fill chosen for “wet” areas set by the water parameter. Optionally, specify separate fills by appending +l for lakes or +r for river-lakes, and passing multiple strings in a list.

  • resolution (str) – f|h|i|l|c. Select the resolution of the data set to: (f)ull, (h)igh, (i)ntermediate, (l)ow, and (c)rude.

  • land (str) – Select filling of “dry” areas.

  • rivers (int, str, or list) –

    river[/pen]. Draw rivers. Specify the type of rivers and [optionally] append pen attributes [Default is "0.25p,black,solid"].

    Choose from the list of river types below; pass a list to rivers to use multiple arguments.

    • 0: Double-lined rivers (river-lakes)

    • 1: Permanent major rivers

    • 2: Additional major rivers

    • 3: Additional rivers

    • 4: Minor rivers

    • 5: Intermittent rivers - major

    • 6: Intermittent rivers - additional

    • 7: Intermittent rivers - minor

    • 8: Major canals

    • 9: Minor canals

    • 10: Irrigation canals

    You can also choose from several preconfigured river groups:

    • "a": All rivers and canals (0-10)

    • "A": All rivers and canals except river-lakes (1-10)

    • "r": All permanent rivers (0-4)

    • "R": All permanent rivers except river-lakes (1-4)

    • "i": All intermittent rivers (5-7)

    • "c": All canals (8-10)

  • map_scale (str) – [g|j|J|n|x]refpoint+wlength. Draw a simple map scale centered on the reference point specified.

  • box (bool or str) – [+cclearances][+gfill][+i[[gap/]pen]][+p[pen]][+r[radius]][+s[[dx/dy/][shade]]]. If set to True, draw a rectangular border around the map scale or rose. Alternatively, specify a different pen with +ppen. Add +gfill to fill the scale panel [Default is no fill]. Append +cclearance where clearance is either gap, xgap/ygap, or lgap/rgap/bgap/tgap where these items are uniform, separate in x- and y-direction, or individual side spacings between scale and border. Append +i to draw a secondary, inner border as well. We use a uniform gap between borders of 2p and the MAP_DEFAULTS_PEN unless other values are specified. Append +r to draw rounded rectangular borders instead, with a 6p corner radius. You can override this radius by appending another value. Finally, append +s to draw an offset background shaded region. Here, dx/dy indicates the shift relative to the foreground frame [Default is "4p/-4p"] and shade sets the fill style to use for shading [Default is "gray50"].

  • borders (int, str, or list) –

    border[/pen]. Draw political boundaries. Specify the type of boundary and [optionally] append pen attributes [Default is "0.25p,black,solid"].

    Choose from the list of boundaries below. Pass a list to borders to use multiple arguments.

    • 1: National boundaries

    • 2: State boundaries within the Americas

    • 3: Marine boundaries

    • "a": All boundaries (1-3)

  • water (str) – Select filling “wet” areas.

  • shorelines (int, str, or list) – [level/]pen. Draw shorelines [Default is no shorelines]. Append pen attributes [Default is "0.25p,black,solid"] which apply to all four levels. To set the pen for a single level, pass a string with level/pen, where level is 1-4 and represent coastline, lakeshore, island-in-lake shore, and lake-in-island-in-lake shore. Pass a list of level/pen strings to shorelines to set multiple levels. When specific level pens are set, those not listed will not be drawn.

  • dcw (str or list) – code1,code2,…[+gfill][+ppen][+z]. Select painting country polygons from the Digital Chart of the World. Append one or more comma-separated countries using the 2-character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 convention. To select a state of a country (if available), append .state, (e.g, "US.TX" for Texas). To specify a whole continent, prepend = to any of the continent codes (e.g. "=EU" for Europe). Append +ppen to draw polygon outlines [Default is no outline] and +gfill to fill them [Default is no fill].

  • panel (bool, int, or list) – [row,col|index]. Select a specific subplot panel. Only allowed when in subplot mode. Use panel=True to advance to the next panel in the selected order. Instead of row,col you may also give a scalar value index which depends on the order you set via autolabel when the subplot was defined. Note: row, col, and index all start at 0.

  • perspective (list or str) – [x|y|z]azim[/elev[/zlevel]][+wlon0/lat0[/z0]][+vx0/y0]. Select perspective view and set the azimuth and elevation angle of the viewpoint [Default is [180, 90]]. Full documentation is at https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/6.5/gmt.html#perspective-full.

  • transparency (float) – Set transparency level, in [0-100] percent range [Default is 0, i.e., opaque]. Only visible when PDF or raster format output is selected. Only the PNG format selection adds a transparency layer in the image (for further processing).

  • verbose (bool or str) –

    Select verbosity level [Default is w], which modulates the messages written to stderr. Choose among 7 levels of verbosity:

    • q - Quiet, not even fatal error messages are produced

    • e - Error messages only

    • w - Warnings [Default]

    • t - Timings (report runtimes for time-intensive algorithms)

    • i - Informational messages (same as verbose=True)

    • c - Compatibility warnings

    • d - Debugging messages

Example

>>> import pygmt
>>> # Create a new plot with pygmt.Figure()
>>> fig = pygmt.Figure()
>>> # Call the coast method for the plot
>>> fig.coast(
...     # Set the projection to Mercator, and the plot width to 10 centimeters
...     projection="M10c",
...     # Set the region of the plot
...     region=[-10, 30, 30, 60],
...     # Set the frame of the plot, here annotations and major ticks
...     frame="a",
...     # Set the color of the land to "darkgreen"
...     land="darkgreen",
...     # Set the color of the water to "lightblue"
...     water="lightblue",
...     # Draw national borders with a 1-point black line
...     borders="1/1p,black",
... )
>>> # Show the plot
>>> fig.show()

Examples using pygmt.Figure.coast

Color land and water

Color land and water

Highlight country, continent and state polygons

Highlight country, continent and state polygons

Political boundaries

Political boundaries

Shorelines

Shorelines

Cartesian, circular, and geographic vectors

Cartesian, circular, and geographic vectors

Generate points along great circles

Generate points along great circles

Roads

Roads

Bit and hachure patterns

Bit and hachure patterns

Sampling along tracks

Sampling along tracks

Focal mechanisms

Focal mechanisms

Blockmean

Blockmean

Day-night terminator line and twilights

Day-night terminator line and twilights

Inset

Inset

Inset map showing a rectangular region

Inset map showing a rectangular region

Scale bar

Scale bar

Timestamp

Timestamp

Coastlines and borders

Coastlines and borders

Frames, ticks, titles, and labels

Frames, ticks, titles, and labels

Plotting data points

Plotting data points

Plotting text

Plotting text

Setting the region

Setting the region

Adding an inset to the figure

Adding an inset to the figure

Configuring PyGMT defaults

Configuring PyGMT defaults

Interactive data visualization using Panel

Interactive data visualization using Panel

Making subplots

Making subplots

Plotting vectors

Plotting vectors

1. Making your first figure

1. Making your first figure

2. Create a contour map

2. Create a contour map

Azimuthal equidistant projection

Azimuthal equidistant projection

General stereographic projection

General stereographic projection

Gnomonic projection

Gnomonic projection

Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection

Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection

Orthographic projection

Orthographic projection

Perspective projection

Perspective projection

Albers conic equal-area projection

Albers conic equal-area projection

Equidistant conic projection

Equidistant conic projection

Lambert conic conformal projection

Lambert conic conformal projection

Polyconic projection

Polyconic projection

Cassini cylindrical projection

Cassini cylindrical projection

Cylindrical equal-area projection

Cylindrical equal-area projection

Cylindrical equidistant projection

Cylindrical equidistant projection

Cylindrical stereographic projection

Cylindrical stereographic projection

Mercator projection

Mercator projection

Miller cylindrical projection

Miller cylindrical projection

Oblique Mercator projection

Oblique Mercator projection

Transverse Mercator projection

Transverse Mercator projection

Universal Transverse Mercator projection

Universal Transverse Mercator projection

Eckert IV equal-area projection

Eckert IV equal-area projection

Eckert VI equal-area projection

Eckert VI equal-area projection

Hammer projection

Hammer projection

Mollweide projection

Mollweide projection

Robinson projection

Robinson projection

Sinusoidal projection

Sinusoidal projection

Van der Grinten projection

Van der Grinten projection

Winkel Tripel projection

Winkel Tripel projection