Cylindrical equal-area projection

This cylindrical projection is actually several projections, depending on what latitude is selected as the standard parallel. However, they are all equal area and hence non-conformal. All meridians and parallels are straight lines.

ylon0/lat0/scale or Ylon0/lat0/width

• y or Y: Sets the projection type.

• lon0/lat0: Sets the projection center.

• scale or width: Sets the map size.

import pygmt
from pygmt.params import Axis

fig = pygmt.Figure()
# Use region "d" to specify global region (-180/180/-90/90)
fig.coast(
    region="d",
    projection="Y35/30/12c",
    frame=Axis(annot=True, tick=True, grid=True),
    land="gray80",
    water="steelblue",
)
fig.show()

🏷 Tags: equal-area