ax.stock_img();
import cartopy.io.img_tiles as cimgt
Why do my google tiles look poor in a Cartopy map?
https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.15/examples/feature_creation.html
ax.background_img(name='BM', resolution='low')
ax.background_img(name='pop', resolution='high')
http://earthpy.org/cartopy_backgroung.html
http://www.thomasguymer.co.uk/blog/2018/2018-01-15/
# Cartopy Heatmap over OpenStreetMap Background
from future import division
import numpy as np
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.io.img_tiles as cimgt
request = cimgt.OSM()
extent = [-89, -88, 41, 42]
ax = plt.axes(projection=request.crs)
ax.set_extent(extent)
ax.add_image(request, 8)
plt.show()
this is from the cartopy docs
fname = 'Miriam.A2012270.2050.2km.jpg'
img_extent = (-120.67660000000001, -106.32104523100001, 13.2301484511245, 30.766899999999502)
img = plt.imread(fname)
ax.imshow(img, origin='upper', extent=img_extent, transform=ccrs.PlateCarree())
basemap
https://www.bdmweather.com/2018/04/python-m-arcgisimage-basemap-options/
https://geopandas.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gallery/plotting_basemap_background.html
