.. _examples-meteoinfolab-map-add_shapes:

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Add point, line and polygon shapes
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Custom point, line and polygon can be added in the map using ``geoshow()`` function.

::

    axesm(tickfontsize=12)
    geoshow('country', edgecolor='k', facecolor='g')
    #Add point
    geoshow(15, -100, size=14, color='r', marker='S')
    #Add line
    lat = [15, 0, -45, -25, nan, 15, -30, -60, -65]
    lon = [-100, 0, 70, 110, nan, -100, -20, 100, 150]
    geoshow(lat, lon, size=2, color='b')
    #Add line and polygon
    lat = array([30, 0, 18, 48, 30])
    lon = array([60, 70, 130, 120, 60])
    geoshow(lat, lon, color='r', size=2, linestyle=':')
    lon = lon - 100
    geoshow(lat, lon, displaytype='polygon', color=[150,230,230,230], edgecolor='b', size=2)
    #Set extent
    xlim(-180, 180)
    ylim(-90, 90)
    xticks(arange(-180, 181, 30))
    yticks(arange(-90, 91, 30))
    title('Add shapes')
    
.. image:: ../../../_static/add_shapes.png