How to add colored background to Cartopy map
Want to get from this black and white map
to this colored map
in just one line of code? Simply use cartopy’s stock_img():
ax.stock_img()
Complete example code
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cf
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
ax = plt.axes(projection = ccrs.Mollweide())
ax.stock_img()
ax.add_feature(cf.COASTLINE)
ax.add_feature(cf.BORDERS)
# Make figure larger
plt.gcf().set_size_inches(20, 10)
# Save figure as SVG
plt.savefig("Cartopy-Colored.svg")
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