LegendΒΆ

The pygmt.Figure.legend method can automatically create a legend for symbols plotted using pygmt.Figure.plot. Legend entries are only created when the label argument is used.

../../_images/sphx_glr_legend_001.png

Out:

<IPython.core.display.Image object>

import pygmt

fig = pygmt.Figure()

fig.basemap(projection="x1i", region=[0, 7, 3, 7], frame=True)

fig.plot(
    data="@Table_5_11.txt",
    style="c0.15i",
    color="lightgreen",
    pen="faint",
    label="Apples",
)
fig.plot(data="@Table_5_11.txt", pen="1.5p,gray", label='"My lines"')
fig.plot(data="@Table_5_11.txt", style="t0.15i", color="orange", label="Oranges")

fig.legend(position="JTR+jTR+o0.2c", box=True)

fig.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 1.685 seconds)

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