Welcome to the documentation for EOmaps!#
Here you can find detailed explanations on all the features and functionalities of EOmaps.
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Getting Started#
To get started, have a look at the π Installation instructions and the π± Basics section to learn how to use EOmaps!
In addition, there is also the π§° Companion Widget GUI that can be used to interactively edit/compare/overlay maps and explore the features and functionalities.
Data Visualization#
Want to visualize some data? Have a look at the π΄ Data Visualization section to learn how to create beautiful maps with your datasets!
EOmaps provides a variety of plot-shapes so you can select a shape that suits the structure, size and spatial representativeness of your data:











Map Features#
EOmaps provides many useful tools to customize your maps.
Add basic map features (coastlines, ocean-coloring etc. ) to the map.
Add imagery provided by WebMap services to the map.
Create zoomed-in views on specific regions of a map.
Add vector geometries to the map.
Add markers, annotations, lines, logos etc. to the map.
Add a scalebar to the map.
Add a compass (or North Arrow) to the map.
Add grid-lines (and optionally grid-labels) to the map.
Interactivity#
With a few lines of code, you can turn your maps into interactive data-analysis widgets!
A graphical user-interface to interact with the map.
Turn your maps into interactive data-analysis widgets.
Interactively re-arrange and re-size axes of a figure.
Interactively draw geometries on a map and export them as shapefiles.
A collection of utility widgets (layer-sliders, layer-selectors)
A collection of Jupyter Widgets (for Jupyter Notebooks)
Miscellaneous#
Details on logging.
How to use the eomaps
command-line interface.
Read data from NetCDF, GeoTIFF or CSV files.
Additional functions and properties that might come in handy.
API Reference#
Detailed information on the API of EOmaps.
Examples#
Make sure to check out the Examples for an overview of the capabilities (incl. source code)!
Detailed examples of EOmaps.