worldmap 0.1.4

Color the worldmap

Worldmap

This python package enables to color (in svg images) different countries in the world or the regions per country.

Contents

• Installation
• Quick Start
• Contribute
• Citation
• Maintainers
• License

Installation

• Install worldmap from PyPI (recommended). Worldmap is compatible with Python 3.6+ and runs on Linux, MacOS X and Windows.
• Distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.

pip install worldmap

• Alternatively, install worldmap from the GitHub source:

git clone https://github.com/erdogant/worldmap.git
cd worldmap
python setup.py install

Quick Start

• Import worldmap method

import worldmap as worldmap

• Simple example to color the different regions in the Netherlands:

names   = ['zeeland','Overijssel', 'flevoland']
opacity = [0.1, 0.2, 0.6]
cmap    = ['#ff0000'] # Different red accents
out = worldmap.colormap(names,opacity=opacity, cmap='Set1', loadmap='netherlands', filename='nederlandMap.svg')

• Simple example to color the worldmap:

#### Coloring of maps   
names   = ['Nederland']
opacity = [100]
out = worldmap.colormap(names, opacity=opacity, loadmap='world')

• Retrieve citynames for abbrevations:

NL = worldmap.code2city('NL')
GB = worldmap.code2city('GB')

• Retrieve citynames for abbrevations:

locA=worldmap.city2code('Netherlands')
locB=worldmap.city2code('Germany')

• Retrieve names in map

countries_world = worldmap.getmapnames(loadmap='world')
region_NL = worldmap.getmapnames(loadmap='netherlands')
regions_BE = worldmap.getmapnames(loadmap='belgium')

Citation

Please cite worldmap in your publications if this is useful for your research. Here is an example BibTeX entry:

@misc{erdogant2019worldmap,
  title={worldmap},
  author={Erdogan Taskesen},
  year={2019},
  howpublished={\url{https://github.com/erdogant/worldmap}},
}

Maintainers

• Erdogan Taskesen, github: erdogant See LICENSE for details.