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GeoAxes

is an option for GeoGraphics that specifies how to draw latitude and longitude axes.

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GeoAxes

GeoAxes

is an option for GeoGraphics that specifies how to draw latitude and longitude axes.

Details

  • The latitude and longitude axes provide orientation and angular scale information on geo maps.
  • The latitude axis is a meridian, and its ticks display geodetic latitude, in degrees by default.
  • The longitude axis is a parallel, and its ticks display geodetic longitude, in degrees by default.
  • GeoAxes{latspec,lonspec} applies the given specifications to the latitude and longitude axes. GeoAxesspec applies the given specification to both axes.
  • Possible specifications for each axis include:
  • True,Automaticdisplay an axis with automatic choice of parameters
    False,Nonedo not display a geo axis
    <|param1val1,…|>display an axis with the given choice of parameters
  • Possible specification parameters include:
  • "AxisStyle"{}how to style the axis
    "Style"{}how to style ticks

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Draw latitude and longitude axes on a Mercator map of the world:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[GeoRange -> "World", GeoAxes -> True, GeoBackground -> "Plain", GeoProjection -> "Mercator"]

Display geo grid lines and geo axes simultaneously on an azimuthal projection of the world:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[GeoRange -> "World", GeoAxes -> True, GeoGridLines -> Automatic, GeoProjection -> "LambertAzimuthal", GeoBackground -> "Basic"]

Draw geo axes with origin at a given location, also providing styling directives:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Country", "UnitedStates"], GeoAxes -> <|"AxisStyle" -> White, "Style" -> Directive[Haloing[White, 0, 1], Scaled[.025]]|>, GeoAxesOrigin -> Here]

Draw axes on a local map of your area, crossing at your current geolocation:

Wolfram Language code: Here
Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[%, GeoAxes -> True]

Scope  (3)

Draw geo grid lines and geo axes on the default equirectangular map of the world:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics["World", GeoGridLines -> True, GeoAxes -> True]

Add styled geo axes on a map of the US:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Country", "UnitedStates"], GeoGridLines -> True, GeoAxes -> <|"AxisStyle" -> White, "Style" -> Haloing[White, 0, 1]|>, GeoAxesOrigin -> Here]

Draw axes on a local map around the island of Hawaii:

Wolfram Language code: GeoPosition[Entity["Island", "HawaiiIsland"]]
Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Island", "HawaiiIsland"], GeoAxes -> True]

Properties & Relations  (2)

Axes and Frame report projected coordinates, which depend on the projection being used:

Wolfram Language code: GeoPosition[Entity["Country", "Svalbard"]]
Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Country", "Svalbard"], Frame -> True, GeoProjection -> #, GeoZoomLevel -> 5, ImageSize -> Small, GeoBackground -> "PlainNoLabels"]& /@ {"Equirectangular", "Mercator", "LambertAzimuthal"}

GeoAxes always reports values of latitude and longitude, independently of the projection being used:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Country", "Svalbard"], GeoAxes -> True, GeoProjection -> #, GeoZoomLevel -> 5, ImageSize -> Small, GeoBackground -> "PlainNoLabels"]& /@ {"Equirectangular", "Mercator", "LambertAzimuthal"}

Show them together in a cylindrical projection, with coinciding horizontal axes but different vertical axes:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Country", "Svalbard"], Frame -> True, GeoAxes -> True, GeoProjection -> "Mercator", AspectRatio -> 1, ImageSize -> Medium, GeoBackground -> "PlainNoLabels"]

GeoAxes specifies whether to add latitude, longitude axes to the map and how to style them:

Wolfram Language code: GeoGraphics[Entity["Country", "UnitedStates"], GeoAxes -> <|"AxisStyle" -> White, "Style" -> Directive[Haloing[White, 0, 1], Scaled[.025]]|>]

GeoAxesOrigin specifies where they should be placed:

Wolfram Language code: Show[%, GeoAxesOrigin -> Entity["City", {"Chicago", "Illinois", "UnitedStates"}]]
Wolfram Research (2026), GeoAxes, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAxes.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2026), GeoAxes, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAxes.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2026. "GeoAxes." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAxes.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2026). GeoAxes. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAxes.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_geoaxes, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GeoAxes}", year="2026", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAxes.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_geoaxes, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GeoAxes}, year={2026}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAxes.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}