To demonstrate the power of Matplotlib with third-party packages, we will illustrate its usage in spatial analysis. Since the invention of satellites, a myriad of useful Geographics Information System (GIS) data has been generated to facilitate various analyses, from natural phenomena to human activities.

To utilize this data, there are common Python packages integrated with Matplotlib to show spatial data on a map, such as Basemap, GeoPandas, Cartopy, and Descartes. In this final section of the chapter, we will briefly introduce the usage of the first two packages.