Creating Basemap map
Basemap allows you to create maps in Python. The library builds projections for latitude and longitude coordinates and then passes the plotting work on to matplotlib. This means you can build extra features based on the power of matplotlib.
In this exercise, we're going to set up a map of the continental United States on a Mercator projection. The corner coordinates of this map are provided for you below.
This exercise is part of the course
Analyzing Social Media Data in Python
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import Basemap
from ____ import ____
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Set up the US bounding box
us_boundingbox = [-125, 22, -64, 50]
# Set up the Basemap object
m = ____(llcrnrlon = ____[____],
llcrnrlat = ____[____],
urcrnrlon = ____[____],
urcrnrlat = ____[____],
projection='merc')