Cartopy World Map with Features

This function generates a world map using the Cartopy library and adds features such as coastlines, borders, land, ocean, rivers, and lakes.

Technology Stack : Cartopy, Matplotlib

Code Type : The type of code

Code Difficulty : Advanced

                
                    
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cfeature
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def plot_world_map(projection=ccrs.PlateCarree(), extent=[-180, 180, -90, 90]):
    """
    Generate a world map plot using Cartopy.
    """
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'projection': projection})
    ax.set_extent(extent)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.BORDERS, linestyle=':')
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAND)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.OCEAN)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.RIVERS)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAKES)
    plt.show()