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Images on figures
The pygmt.Figure.image
method can be used to read and place an image
file in many formats (e.g., png, jpg, eps, pdf) on a figure. We must specify
the filename via the imagefile
parameter or simply use the filename as
the first argument. You can also use a full URL pointing to your desired image.
The position
parameter allows us to set a reference point on the map for
the image.
![image](../../_images/sphx_glr_image_001.png)
import os
import pygmt
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.basemap(region=[0, 2, 0, 2], projection="X10c", frame=True)
# place and center the GMT logo from the GMT website to the position 1/1
# on a basemap, scaled up to be 3 cm wide and draw a rectangular border
# around the image
fig.image(
imagefile="https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/_static/gmt-logo.png",
position="g1/1+w3c+jCM",
box=True,
)
# clean up the downloaded image in the current directory
os.remove("gmt-logo.png")
fig.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.380 seconds)