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How do I get labeled latitude/longitude tickmarks on my map?

April 26, 2017labeled latitude longitude map tickmarks

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How do I get labeled latitude/longitude tickmarks on my map?

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If your projection is rectangular, then you should get lat/lon tickmarks by default. If you want to turn these off, then you can set the resource pmTickMarkDisplayMode to “Never”. For an example that has lat/lon tickmarks, see contour plot overlaid on it, see “chkbay.py” and its output. For an example that turns these tickmarks off, see “ctnccl.py” and its output. • Can I improve the resolution of my map outlines? Yes, by using the mpDataBaseVersion resource. The default is “LowRes”. If you change this to “MediumRes” or “HighRes”, you will improve the resolution of your map outlines. For an example comparing the three levels of resolutions, see the script coast1.py and frame 1 (low resolution) frame 2 (medium resolution) frame 3 (high resolution) Note: the “HighRes” resource value is for coastal outlines only, and you must download the RANGS (Regionally Accessible Nested Global Shorelines) database, developed by Rainer Feistel from Wessel and Smith’s GSHHS (Global Self-consistent Hiera