.. _sphx_glr_gallery_gridlines_and_labels:

.. _gridlines_and_labels:

Gridlines and labels
====================


.. raw:: html

  <div id='sg-tag-list' class='sphx-glr-tag-list'></div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

.. thumbnail-parent-div-open

.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Sometimes it is useful to line up a standard Matplotlib axes with a Cartopy map, for example when plotting zonal mean data next to a global contour plot.  This example demonstrates one way to do that for projections where latitude lines are horizontal.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/gridlines_and_labels/images/thumb/sphx_glr_map_latitudes_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :doc:`/gallery/gridlines_and_labels/map_latitudes`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Aligning Cartopy and Matplotlib axes</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="These examples demonstrate how to quickly add longitude and latitude gridlines and tick labels on a non-rectangular projection.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/gridlines_and_labels/images/thumb/sphx_glr_gridliner_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :doc:`/gallery/gridlines_and_labels/gridliner`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Gridlines and tick labels</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example demonstrates adding tick labels to maps on rectangular projections using special tick formatters.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/gridlines_and_labels/images/thumb/sphx_glr_tick_labels_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :doc:`/gallery/gridlines_and_labels/tick_labels`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick Labels</div>
    </div>


.. thumbnail-parent-div-close

.. raw:: html

    </div>


.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   /gallery/gridlines_and_labels/map_latitudes
   /gallery/gridlines_and_labels/gridliner
   /gallery/gridlines_and_labels/tick_labels