def birth_rate(): # Create a chart object of 200x100 pixels chart = MapChart(440, 220) # Load the data from a file, create a dict that looks like: # {'AU': 5, 'YE': 10} data = {} countries = open('mapchart-birth-rate.txt', 'rb').read().split('\n') for line in countries[:-1]: code, score = line.split(' ', 1) data[code] = float(score) # Set the data dictionary for country codes to value mapping chart.add_data_dict(data) # Download the chart chart.download('mapchart-birth-rate.png') # Now do it in africa ... chart.set_geo_area('africa') # ... with white as the default colour and gradient from green to red chart.set_colours(('EEEEEE', '10A010', 'D03000')) chart.download('mapchart-birth-rate-africa.png')