def setup_axes():
"""setup a headless basemap figure with a geostationary projection"""
fig = headlessmpl.figure(width, height)
axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
globe = Basemap(projection='geos', llcrnrlon=low_long,
llcrnrlat=low_lat, urcrnrlon=high_long, urcrnrlat=high_lat,
lon_0=150,resolution = 'h', area_thresh = 1000, ax=axes)
globe.bluemarble()
globe.drawcoastlines()
globe.drawcountries()
globe.drawstates()
return globe, axes, fig
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
import headlessmpl
filename = "demo_1.png"
#image resolution
width = 1920
height = 1080
#bounds of the map
low_long = -180
high_long = 180
low_lat = -90
high_lat = 90
#create a new headless figure
fig = headlessmpl.figure(width, height)
axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
#create a basemap object with a cylindrical projection
m = Basemap(projection='cyl', llcrnrlon=low_long,
llcrnrlat=low_lat, urcrnrlon=high_long, urcrnrlat=high_lat,
resolution = 'h', area_thresh =1000, ax=axes)
#draw some boundaries etc
m.drawcoastlines()
m.fillcontinents()
m.drawcountries(linewidth=0.5)
m.drawmapboundary(fill_color='#1C4E63')
m.fillcontinents(color='#63561B',lake_color='#1C4E63')
#write the resultant map to a file
