aster_file='/home/vkvalappil/Data/modelWRF/Domains/DEM/aster_dem/geo_em.'+dom+'.nc' srtm_file='/home/vkvalappil/Data/modelWRF/Domains/DEM/srtm/geo_em.'+dom+'.nc ...
Grand picture: I am creating a choropleth and would like to annotate the state polygons with their respective abbreviations (New York becomes NY). The way I see to do this would be to use my basemap ...