Function plot_points

shapely/plotting.py:191–222

Plot a Point/MultiPoint or the vertices of any other geometry type. Parameters ---------- geom : shapely.Geometry Any shapely Geometry object, from which all vertices are extracted and plotted. ax : matplotlib Axes, default None The axes on which to draw the

(geom, ax=None, color=None, marker="o", **kwargs)

def plot_points(geom, ax=None, color=None, marker="o", **kwargs):
    """Plot a Point/MultiPoint or the vertices of any other geometry type.

    Parameters
    ----------
    geom : shapely.Geometry
        Any shapely Geometry object, from which all vertices are extracted
        and plotted.
    ax : matplotlib Axes, default None
        The axes on which to draw the plot. If not specified, will get the
        current active axes or create a new figure.
    color : matplotlib color specification
        Color for the filled points. You can use `markeredgecolor` and
        `markerfacecolor` to have different edge and fill colors.
    marker : str, default "o"
        The matplotlib marker for the points.
    **kwargs
        Additional keyword arguments passed to matplotlib `plot` (Line2D).

    Returns
    -------
    Matplotlib artist (Line2D)

    """
    if ax is None:
        ax = _default_ax()

    coords = shapely.get_coordinates(geom)
    (line,) = ax.plot(
        coords[:, 0], coords[:, 1], linestyle="", marker=marker, color=color, **kwargs
    )
    return line