Python GIS - Show a Basemap and Shapfile with Geopandas and Contextily @geospatialschool

Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

Show a shapefile and a basemap together using Python with Geopandas and Contextily. This tutorial will show you how to write Python code to layer a shapefile on top of a basemap for any location in the world.

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