Transverse Mercator projection

The transverse Mercator was invented by Johann Heinrich Lambert in 1772. In this projection the cylinder touches a meridian along which there is no distortion. The distortion increases away from the central meridian and goes to infinity at 90° from center. The central meridian, each meridian 90° away from the center, and equator are straight lines; other parallels and meridians are complex curves.

tlon0[/lat0]/scale or Tlon0[/lat0]/width

• t or T: Sets the projection type.

• lon0: Sets the central meridian.

• lat0: Sets the latitude of origin [Optional].

• scale or width: Sets the map size.

import pygmt
from pygmt.params import Axis

fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(
    region=[20, 50, 30, 45],
    projection="T35/12c",
    frame=Axis(annot=True, tick=True, grid=True),
    land="gray80",
    water="steelblue",
)
fig.show()

🏷 Tags: conformal