Projections

PyGMT support many map projections. Use the projection parameter to specify which one you want to use in all plotting modules. The projection is specified by a one letter code along with (sometimes optional) reference longitude and latitude and the width of the map (for example, Alon0/lat0[/horizon]/width). The map height is determined based on the region and projection.

These are all the available projections:

Projection Table

The below table shows the projection codes for the 31 GMT projections.

PyGMT Projection Argument

Projection Name

Alon0/lat0[/horizon]/width

Lambert azimuthal equal area

Blon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/width

Albers conic equal area

Clon0/lat0/width

Cassini cylindrical

Cyl_stere/[lon0[/lat0/]]width

Cylindrical stereographic

Dlon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/width

Equidistant conic

Elon0/lat0[/horizon]/width

Azimuthal equidistant

Flon0/lat0[/horizon]/width

Azimuthal gnomonic

Glon0/lat0[/horizon]/width

Azimuthal orthographic

Glon0/lat0/alt/azim/tilt/twist/W/H/width

General perspective

H[lon0/]width

Hammer equal area

I[lon0/]width

Sinusoidal equal area

J[lon0/]width

Miller cylindrical

Kf[lon0/]width

Eckert IV equal area

Ks[lon0/]width

Eckert VI equal area

Llon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/width

Lambert conic conformal

M[lon0[/lat0]/]width

Mercator cylindrical

N[lon0/]width

Robinson

Oalon0/lat0/azim/width[+v]

Oblique Mercator, 1: origin and azim

Oblon0/lat0/lon1/lat1/width[+v]

Oblique Mercator, 2: two points

Oclon0/lat0/lonp/latp/width[+v]

Oblique Mercator, 3: origin and pole

Pwidth[+a][+f[e|p|radius]][+roffset][+torigin][+z[p|radius]]

Polar [azimuthal] (θ,r) (or cylindrical)

Poly[lon0[/lat0]/]width

Polyconic

Q[lon0[/lat0/]]width

Equidistant cylindrical

R[lon0/]width

Winkel Tripel

Slon0/lat0[/horizon]/width

General stereographic

T[lon0[/lat0]/]width

Transverse Mercator

Uzone/width

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

V[lon0/]width

Van der Grinten

W[lon0/]width

Mollweide

Xwidth[l|pexp|T|t][/height[l|pexp|T|t]][d]

Linear, logarithmic, power, and time

Ylon0/lat0/width

Cylindrical equal area

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