Lambert Conic Conformal Projection

This conic projection was designed by the Alsatian mathematician Johann Heinrich Lambert (1772) and has been used extensively for mapping of regions with predominantly east-west orientation, just like the Albers projection. Unlike the Albers projection, Lambert’s conformal projection is not equal-area. The parallels are arcs of circles with a common origin, and meridians are the equally spaced radii of these circles. As with Albers projection, it is only the two standard parallels that are distortion-free.

Llon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/width: Give projection center lon0/lat0, two standard parallels lat1/lat2, and the map width.

Out:

<IPython.core.display.Image object>

import pygmt

fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(
    shorelines="1/0.5p",
    region=[-130, -70, 24, 52],
    projection="L-100/35/33/45/12c",
    land="gray",
    borders=["1/thick,black", "2/thin,black"],
    frame="afg",
)

fig.show()