Add Figure.scalebar to plot a scale bar on maps

Author: seisman

pygmt/figure.py

@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ def _repr_html_(self) -> str:
         plot3d,
         psconvert,
         rose,
+        scalebar,
         set_panel,
         shift_origin,
         solar,

pygmt/src/__init__.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 from pygmt.src.project import project
 from pygmt.src.psconvert import psconvert
 from pygmt.src.rose import rose
+from pygmt.src.scalebar import scalebar
 from pygmt.src.select import select
 from pygmt.src.shift_origin import shift_origin
 from pygmt.src.solar import solar

pygmt/src/scalebar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+"""
+scalebar - Add a scale bar.
+"""
+
+from typing import Literal
+
+from pygmt.alias import Alias, AliasSystem
+from pygmt.clib import Session
+from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_list
+
+
+def scalebar(  # noqa: PLR0913
+    self,
+    position,
+    length,
+    position_type: Literal[
+        "user", "justify", "mirror", "normalize", "plot", None
+    ] = None,
+    label_alignment=None,
+    scale_position=None,
+    fancy=None,
+    justify=None,
+    label=None,
+    offset=None,
+    unit=None,
+    vertical=None,
+    box=None,
+):
+    """
+    Add a scale bar.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    TODO
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import pygmt
+    >>> from pygmt.params import Box
+    >>> fig = pygmt.Figure()
+    >>> fig.basemap(region=[0, 80, -30, 30], projection="M10c", frame=True)
+    >>> fig.scalebar(
+    ...     position=(10, 10),
+    ...     position_type="g",
+    ...     length=1000,
+    ...     fancy=True,
+    ...     label="Scale",
+    ...     unit=True,
+    ...     box=Box(pen=0.5, fill="lightblue"),
+    ... )
+    >>> fig.show()
+    """
+    self._preprocess()
+
+    aliasdict = AliasSystem(
+        L=[
+            Alias(
+                position_type,
+                name="position_type",
+                mapping={
+                    "user": "g",
+                    "justify": "j",
+                    "mirror": "J",
+                    "normalize": "n",
+                    "plot": "x",
+                },
+            ),
+            Alias(position, name="position", separator="/"),
+            Alias(length, name="length", prefix="+w"),
+            Alias(label_alignment, name="label_alignment", prefix="+a"),
+            Alias(scale_position, name="scale_position", prefix="+c", separator="/"),
+            Alias(fancy, name="fancy", prefix="+f"),
+            Alias(justify, name="justify", prefix="+j"),
+            Alias(label, name="label", prefix="+l"),
+            Alias(offset, name="offset", prefix="+o", separator="/"),
+            Alias(unit, name="unit", prefix="+u"),
+            Alias(vertical, name="vertical", prefix="+v"),
+        ],
+        F=Alias(box, name="box"),
+    )
+
+    with Session() as lib:
+        lib.call_module(module="basemap", args=build_arg_list(aliasdict))