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Custom symbols
The pygmt.Figure.plot
method can plot individual custom symbols
by passing the corresponding symbol name together with the k shortcut to
the style
parameter. In total 41 custom symbols are already included of
which the following plot shows five exemplary ones. The symbols are shown
underneath their corresponding names. For the remaining symbols see the GMT
Technical Reference https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/6.5/reference/custom-symbols.html.
![custom symbols](../../_images/sphx_glr_custom_symbols_001.png)
import pygmt
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.basemap(region=[0, 8, 0, 3], projection="X12c/4c", frame=True)
# define pen and fontstyle for annotations
pen = "1p,black"
font = "15p,Helvetica-Bold"
# use the volcano symbol with a size of 1.5c,
# fill color is set to "seagreen"
fig.plot(x=1, y=1.25, style="kvolcano/1.5c", pen=pen, fill="seagreen")
fig.text(x=1, y=2.5, text="volcano", font=font)
# use the astroid symbol with a size of 1.5c,
# fill color is set to "red3"
fig.plot(x=2.5, y=1.25, style="kastroid/1.5c", pen=pen, fill="red3")
fig.text(x=2.5, y=2.5, text="astroid", font=font)
# use the flash symbol with a size of 1.5c,
# fill color is set to "darkorange"
fig.plot(x=4, y=1.25, style="kflash/1.5c", pen=pen, fill="darkorange")
fig.text(x=4, y=2.5, text="flash", font=font)
# use the star4 symbol with a size of 1.5c,
# fill color is set to "dodgerblue4"
fig.plot(x=5.5, y=1.25, style="kstar4/1.5c", pen=pen, fill="dodgerblue4")
fig.text(x=5.5, y=2.5, text="star4", font=font)
# use the hurricane symbol with a size of 1.5c,
# fill color is set to "magenta4"
fig.plot(x=7, y=1.25, style="khurricane/1.5c", pen=pen, fill="magenta4")
fig.text(x=7, y=2.5, text="hurricane", font=font)
fig.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.150 seconds)