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Map Grid Lines and Grid Labels
# (C) Copyright 2017- ECMWF.
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# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
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import metview as mv
# define coastlines
coast = mv.mcoast(
map_coastline_colour="charcoal",
map_coastline_resolution="medium",
map_coastline_land_shade="on",
map_coastline_land_shade_colour="beige",
map_coastline_sea_shade="on",
map_coastline_sea_shade_colour="RGB(0.8178,0.9234,0.9234)",
map_grid_line_style="dash",
map_grid_colour="navy",
map_grid_latitude_increment=2,
map_grid_longitude_increment=2,
map_label_colour="navy",
map_label_font_style="bold",
map_label_height=0.4,
)
# define view
view = mv.geoview(
map_area_definition="corners", area=[60, -12, 48, 5], coastlines=coast
)
# define the output plot file
mv.setoutput(mv.pdf_output(output_name="map_grid"))
# plot the data onto the map
mv.plot(view)