Creating a basemap instance

[RayOjel]

When creating a basemap instance, why did we specify the upper and lower longs from -80 to 80? I thought it would be -90 to 90?

m = Basemap(projection = 'merc', llcrnrlat = -80, urcrnrlat = 80, llcrnrlon = -180, urcrnrlon = 180)

[Sahil]

Hi @RayOjel,

The values depend on the map region we are trying to project.

Best,
Sahil