Monorail map example: remove redundant call to turn off axes ticks

sadielbartholomew · sadielbartholomew · commit 701ca1572c7f · 2025-11-04T15:21:31.000Z
diff --git a/examples/miscellanea/simpsons-monorail-map.py b/examples/miscellanea/simpsons-monorail-map.py
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def main():
         [0.035, 0.035, 0.93, 0.93], projection=ccrs.LambertConformal(), frameon=False
     )
 
-    # Remove all axes ticks and labelling and center on location of USA
-    map_ax.set(xticks=[], yticks=[])
+    # Center on location of USA with a bit of space on all sides to pad
     map_ax.set_extent([-120, -72.5, 20, 50], crs=ccrs.Geodetic())
 
     # Plot only the USA landmass, in a fawn colour with a thin black border

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def main():`
`52`	`52`	`[0.035, 0.035, 0.93, 0.93], projection=ccrs.LambertConformal(), frameon=False`
`53`	`53`	`)`
`54`	`54`
`55`		`- # Remove all axes ticks and labelling and center on location of USA`
`56`		`- map_ax.set(xticks=[], yticks=[])`
	`55`	`+ # Center on location of USA with a bit of space on all sides to pad`
`57`	`56`	`map_ax.set_extent([-120, -72.5, 20, 50], crs=ccrs.Geodetic())`
`58`	`57`
`59`	`58`	`# Plot only the USA landmass, in a fawn colour with a thin black border`