# Metview Example
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# Description: Demonstrates how to plot a line on any map
# projection using the Macro Library function
# mvl_geoline.
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import metview as mv
# set up the shaded coastlines
land_sea_shade = mv.mcoast(
map_coastline_land_shade = "on",
map_coastline_land_shade_colour = "RGB(0.98,0.95,0.82)",
map_coastline_sea_shade = "on",
map_coastline_sea_shade_colour = "RGB(0.85,0.93,1)"
)
# define the geographic view
view = mv.geoview(
map_projection = "polar_stereographic",
map_area_definition = "corners",
area = [-5,-30,10,84], # S,W,N,E
coastlines = land_sea_shade
)
# create a geoline broken into 1-degree segments
line_increment_in_degrees = 1
# coordinates of line end-points given as lat1,lon1,lat2,lon2
geoline = mv.mvl_geoline(55, -22, 5, 45, line_increment_in_degrees)
# define the plotting attributes for the line
line_visdef = mv.mgraph(
graph_line_colour = "red",
graph_line_thickness = "4",
graph_line_style = 'dash'
)
# define the output plot file
mv.setoutput(mv.pdf_output(output_name = 'geoline_on_map')) |