The "is_land" method is a function provided by the Basemap module in the mpl_toolkits.basemap library in Python. This method is used to check whether a given point on a map is over land or water. It takes latitude and longitude coordinates as input and returns a boolean value indicating whether the point is over land or not. If the point is over land, the method returns True; otherwise, it returns False. This function can be useful for various mapping and geospatial data analysis tasks where it is necessary to differentiate between land and water areas.
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