{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "0", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\"Open\n", "\n", "Uncomment the following line to install [geemap](https://geemap.org) and [cartopy](https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/installing.html#installing) if needed. Keep in mind that cartopy can be challenging to install. If you are unable to install cartopy on your computer, you can try Google Colab with this the [notebook example](https://colab.research.google.com/github/gee-community/geemap/blob/master/examples/notebooks/cartoee_colab.ipynb).\n", "\n", "See below the commands to install cartopy and geemap using conda/mamba:\n", "\n", "```\n", "conda create -n carto python=3.8\n", "conda activate carto\n", "conda install mamba -c conda-forge\n", "mamba install cartopy scipy -c conda-forge\n", "mamba install geemap -c conda-forge\n", "jupyter notebook\n", "```" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "1", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# !pip install cartopy scipy\n", "# !pip install geemap" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "2", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# How to create publication quality maps using `cartoee`\n", "\n", "`cartoee` is a lightweight module to aid in creating publication quality maps from Earth Engine processing results without having to download data. The `cartoee` package does this by requesting png images from EE results (which are usually good enough for visualization) and `cartopy` is used to create the plots. Utility functions are available to create plot aesthetics such as gridlines or color bars. **The notebook and the geemap cartoee module ([cartoee.py](https://geemap.org/cartoee)) were contributed by [Kel Markert](https://github.com/KMarkert). A huge thank you to him.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "3", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%pylab inline\n", "\n", "import ee\n", "import geemap\n", "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n", "\n", "# import the cartoee functionality from geemap\n", "from geemap import cartoee" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "4", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "geemap.ee_initialize()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "5", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Plotting an image\n", "\n", "In this first example we will explore the most basic functionality including plotting and image, adding a colorbar, and adding visual aethetic features. Here we will use SRTM data to plot global elevation." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "6", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# get an image\n", "srtm = ee.Image(\"CGIAR/SRTM90_V4\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "7", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# geospatial region in format [E,S,W,N]\n", "region = [180, -60, -180, 85] # define bounding box to request data\n", "vis = {\"min\": 0, \"max\": 3000} # define visualization parameters for image" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "8", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))\n", "\n", "# use cartoee to get a map\n", "ax = cartoee.get_map(srtm, region=region, vis_params=vis)\n", "\n", "# add a colorbar to the map using the visualization params we passed to the map\n", "cartoee.add_colorbar(ax, vis, loc=\"bottom\", label=\"Elevation\", orientation=\"horizontal\")\n", "\n", "# add gridlines to the map at a specified interval\n", "cartoee.add_gridlines(ax, interval=[60, 30], linestyle=\":\")\n", "\n", "# add coastlines using the cartopy api\n", "ax.coastlines(color=\"red\")\n", "\n", "plt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "9", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This is a decent map for minimal amount of code. But we can also easily use matplotlib colormaps to visualize our EE results to add more color. Here we add a `cmap` keyword to the `.get_map()` and `.add_colorbar()` functions." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "10", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))\n", "\n", "cmap = \"gist_earth\" # colormap we want to use\n", "# cmap = \"terrain\"\n", "\n", "# use cartoee to get a map\n", "ax = cartoee.get_map(srtm, region=region, vis_params=vis, cmap=cmap)\n", "\n", "# add a colorbar to the map using the visualization params we passed to the map\n", "cartoee.add_colorbar(\n", " ax, vis, cmap=cmap, loc=\"right\", label=\"Elevation\", orientation=\"vertical\"\n", ")\n", "\n", "# add gridlines to the map at a specified interval\n", "cartoee.add_gridlines(ax, interval=[60, 30], linestyle=\"--\")\n", "\n", "# add coastlines using the cartopy api\n", "ax.coastlines(color=\"red\")\n", "\n", "ax.set_title(label=\"Global Elevation Map\", fontsize=15)\n", "\n", "plt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "11", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Plotting an RGB image\n", "\n", "`cartoee` also allows for plotting of RGB image results directly. Here is an example of plotting a Landsat false-color scene." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "12", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# get a landsat image to visualize\n", "image = ee.Image(\"LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_SR/LC08_044034_20140318\")\n", "\n", "# define the visualization parameters to view\n", "vis = {\"bands\": [\"B5\", \"B4\", \"B3\"], \"min\": 0, \"max\": 5000, \"gamma\": 1.3}" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "13", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))\n", "\n", "# use cartoee to get a map\n", "ax = cartoee.get_map(image, vis_params=vis)\n", "\n", "# pad the view for some visual appeal\n", "cartoee.pad_view(ax)\n", "\n", "# add the gridlines and specify that the xtick labels be rotated 45 degrees\n", "cartoee.add_gridlines(ax, interval=0.5, xtick_rotation=45, linestyle=\":\")\n", "\n", "# add the coastline\n", "ax.coastlines(color=\"yellow\")\n", "\n", "plt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "14", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "By default, if a region is not provided via the `region` keyword the whole extent of the image will be plotted as seen in the previous Landsat example. We can also zoom to a specific region of an image by defining the region to plot." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "15", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))\n", "\n", "# here is the bounding box of the map extent we want to use\n", "# formatted a [E,S,W,N]\n", "zoom_region = [-121.8025, 37.3458, -122.6265, 37.9178]\n", "\n", "# plot the map over the region of interest\n", "ax = cartoee.get_map(image, vis_params=vis, region=zoom_region)\n", "\n", "# add the gridlines and specify that the xtick labels be rotated 45 degrees\n", "cartoee.add_gridlines(ax, interval=0.15, xtick_rotation=45, linestyle=\":\")\n", "\n", "# add coastline\n", "ax.coastlines(color=\"yellow\")\n", "\n", "plt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "16", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Adding north arrow and scale bar" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "17", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))\n", "\n", "# here is the bounding box of the map extent we want to use\n", "# formatted a [E,S,W,N]\n", "zoom_region = [-121.8025, 37.3458, -122.6265, 37.9178]\n", "\n", "# plot the map over the region of interest\n", "ax = cartoee.get_map(image, vis_params=vis, region=zoom_region)\n", "\n", "# add the gridlines and specify that the xtick labels be rotated 45 degrees\n", "cartoee.add_gridlines(ax, interval=0.15, xtick_rotation=45, linestyle=\":\")\n", "\n", "# add coastline\n", "ax.coastlines(color=\"yellow\")\n", "\n", "# add north arrow\n", "cartoee.add_north_arrow(\n", " ax, text=\"N\", xy=(0.05, 0.25), text_color=\"white\", arrow_color=\"white\", fontsize=20\n", ")\n", "\n", "# add scale bar\n", "cartoee.add_scale_bar_lite(\n", " ax, length=10, xy=(0.1, 0.05), fontsize=20, color=\"white\", unit=\"km\"\n", ")\n", "\n", "ax.set_title(label=\"Landsat False Color Composite (Band 5/4/3)\", fontsize=15)\n", "\n", "plt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "18", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }