Cartopy Map Plotting with Geographic Features

This function uses the Cartopy library to plot maps and add specified geographic features such as coastlines, borders, lakes, and natural earth features. The function takes two parameters: the name of the feature to be added to the map and the coordinate reference system (CRS) to use for the plot.

Technology Stack : Cartopy, NumPy, matplotlib.pyplot

Code Type : Geographic Information System (GIS) Programming

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cfeature
import numpy as np

def plot_map_with_features(arg1, arg2):
    """
    This function plots a map with specified geographic features using Cartopy.
    :param arg1: The name of the feature to be plotted on the map.
    :param arg2: The coordinate reference system (CRS) to use for the plot.
    """
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'projection': arg2})
    
    # Adding geographic features to the map
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.BORDERS, linestyle=':')
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAKES, alpha=0.5)
    
    # Plotting the specified feature
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.NATURAL_EARTH, name=arg1)
    
    # Setting map limits
    ax.set_extent([0, 10, 0, 10], crs=arg2)
    
    # Displaying the map
    plt.show()