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Equidistant conic
The equidistant conic projection was described by the Greek philosopher Claudius Ptolemy about A.D. 150. It is neither conformal or equal-area, but serves as a compromise between them. The scale is true along all meridians and the standard parallels.
dlon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale or Dlon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/width
The projection is set with d or D. The projection center is set by lon0/lat0 and two standard parallels for the map are set with lat1/lat2. The figure size is set with scale or width.
![conic equidistant](../../_images/sphx_glr_conic_equidistant_001.png)
import pygmt
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(
shorelines="1/0.5p",
region=[-88, -70, 18, 24],
projection="D-79/21/19/23/12c",
land="lightgreen",
water="lightblue",
frame="afg",
)
fig.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.170 seconds)