Matplotlib 3.0 Cookbook

How to do it...

Here are the steps required to plot the map and various locations across the globe. You can get longitude and latitude information for various locations on the internet. Here, we will plot major cities, mostly capitals of countries:

1. Define the figure and axes on which the map is to be plotted:

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.Robinson())

2. Set the background image and add the coastlines feature:

ax.set_global()ax.stock_img()ax.coastlines()

3. Plot the location with given longitude and latitude coordinates, as shown here:

ax.plot(-0.08, 51.53, 'o', transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), markersize=7, color='r')

4. Label the location with a text function:

plt.text(-0.08, 51.53, 'London', ...