# Cartopy

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/cartopy/

Python library for map projections and cartographic visualization built on matplotlib.

Cartopy is a Python library for cartographic projections and geospatial data visualization, built on matplotlib, PROJ, and Shapely. It provides a large set of map projections, coordinate reference system transforms, and interfaces for plotting geospatial data and web map services. It is the maintained successor to the Basemap toolkit and integrates with the scientific Python stack.

## Details

- Type: library

- Categories: mapping, visualization

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: BSD-3-Clause

- Platforms: windows, macos, linux

## Features

- Map projections via PROJ integration

- Publication-quality maps with matplotlib

- Shapefile reader and web map service support

- Interfaces with Shapely and NumPy

- Image tile, WMS, and WMTS basemaps

## Project sources

- Website: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/

- Documentation: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/

- Repository: https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy

Directory descriptions are summaries. Verify current capabilities and terms with the project sources.