Open Street Map API for Python Matplotlib By Ran N. Nof @ GSI, 2019
An OSM object is an API to Python's matplotlib Axes class. Once an Axes is created, an OSM object with the Axes can be initialise. With every draw of the axes, the tiles will be updated, showing map tiles (similar to google map or bing map). See example below.
Clone from git
git clone https://github.com/rannof/OSM.gitInstall requirements
- matplotlib
- httplib2
pip install -r requirements.txt
or
conda install -c conda-forge --file requirements.txt
Or use python virtual environment:
- Go into the OSM folder
cd OSM- Set a virtual environment in .venv folder
python3 -m venv .venv- Install requirements
pip install -r requirements.txtYou may change the map tiles by setting TILEURL parameter. Checkout: https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/ for different tiles. Please note you might need to adgust the TILEPAT parameter as well.
Create a folder name tiles will allow saving the tiles locally. Saving the tiles will allow speeding up plots on your next plot or will allow working offline. Please note only tiles that are used will be saved locally and plotting different area or zoom level will require online connection. Choosing a different tile url will require deleting (or renaming) the tiles folder to allow new data to be downloaded.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from osm import OSM
ax = plt.gca()
ax.osm = OSM(ax)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.set_xlim(34, 36)
ax.set_ylim(29.5, 34)
ax.osm.draw()