Fix a few typos in the examples (#2025)

Author: yvonnefroehlich

examples/gallery/embellishments/solar.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Create a figure showing the global region on a Mollweide projection
 # Land color is set to dark green and water color is set to light blue
 fig.coast(region="d", projection="W0/15c", land="darkgreen", water="lightblue")
-# Set a time for the day-night terminator and twilights, 1700 UTC on
+# Set a time for the day-night terminator and twilights, 17:00 UTC on
 # January 1, 2000
 terminator_datetime = datetime.datetime(
     year=2000, month=1, day=1, hour=17, minute=0, second=0

examples/gallery/lines/great_circles.py

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 # plot individual points as orange inverted triangles atop
 fig.plot(x=points2.r, y=points2.s, style="i.6c", color="orange", pen="1p")
 
-# plot individual points of third great circle as red line
+# plot individual points of third great circle as red3 line
 fig.plot(x=points3.r, y=points3.s, pen="2p,red3")
-# plot individual points as red circles atop
+# plot individual points as red3 circles atop
 fig.plot(x=points3.r, y=points3.s, style="c.3c", color="red3", pen="1p")
 
 fig.show()

examples/get-started/first_figure.py

@@ -146,9 +146,8 @@
 # title to "Title" would be ``"+tTitle"``).
 #
 # To pass multiple arguments to ``frame``, a list can be used, as shown in the
-# example below. This format uses ``frame`` to set both the axes gridlines and
-# the figure title.
-#
+# example below. This format uses ``frame`` to set both the axes annotations
+# and the figure title.
 
 fig = pygmt.Figure()
 fig.coast(

examples/tutorials/advanced/configuration.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # ----------------------------
 #
 # The ``MAP_FRAME_TYPE`` parameter specifies the style of map frame to use, of
-# which there are 5 options: ``fancy`` (default, seen above), ``fancy+``,
+# which there are 5 options: ``fancy`` (default, see above), ``fancy+``,
 # ``plain``, ``graph`` (which does not apply to geographical maps) and
 # ``inside``.
 #

examples/tutorials/advanced/contour_map.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # It plots annotated contour lines, which are thicker and have the
 # elevation/depth written on them, and unannotated contour lines.
 # In the example below, the default contour line intervals are 500 meters,
-# with an annotated contour line every 1000 meters.
+# with an annotated contour line every 1,000 meters.
 # By default, it plots the map with the
 # equidistant cylindrical projection and with no frame.
 

examples/tutorials/advanced/date_time_charts.py

@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@
 # by a string formatted as ``hh:mm:ss`` where each ``:`` delineated section
 # marking the two digit hour value, two digit minute value, and two digit
 # second value respectively. The figure in the following example is plotted
-# over a horizontal range of one year from 1/1/2016 to 1/1/2017.
+# over a horizontal range of one year from 2016-01-01 to 2017-01-01.
 
 x = ["2016-02-01", "2016-06-04T14", "2016-10-04T00:00:15", "2016-12-01T05:00:15"]
 y = [1, 3, 5, 2]
 fig = pygmt.Figure()
 fig.plot(
     projection="X10c/5c",
-    region=["2016-01-01", "2017-01-1", 0, 6],
+    region=["2016-01-01", "2017-01-01", 0, 6],
     frame=["WSen", "afg"],
     x=x,
     y=y,

examples/tutorials/advanced/grid_equalization.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # ----------------
 # Load the sample Earth relief data for a region around Yosemite valley
 # and use :meth:`pygmt.grd2xyz` to create a :class:`pandas.Series` with the
-# z values.
+# z-values.
 
 grid = pygmt.datasets.load_earth_relief(
     resolution="03s", region=[-119.825, -119.4, 37.6, 37.825]

examples/tutorials/advanced/insets.py

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 # of the inset is set to one of the 9 anchors (bottom-middle-top and
 # left-center-right). In the example below, ``BL`` sets the inset to the bottom
 # left. The ``box`` parameter can set the fill and border of the inset. In the
-# example below, ``+pblack`` sets the border color to black and ``+gred`` sets
-# the fill to red.
+# example below, ``+pblack`` sets the border color to black and ``+glightred``
+# sets the fill to light red.
 
 fig = pygmt.Figure()
 fig.coast(

examples/tutorials/advanced/vectors.py

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 fig.show()
 
 ###############################################################################
-# In this example, cartesian vectors are plotted over a Mercator
+# In this example, Cartesian vectors are plotted over a Mercator
 # projection of the continental US. The x values represent the
 # longitude and y values represent the latitude where the vector starts.
 #
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 fig.show()
 
 ###############################################################################
-# Another example of plotting cartesian vectors over a coast plot. This time a
+# Another example of plotting Cartesian vectors over a coast plot. This time a
 # Transverse Mercator projection is used. Additionally, :func:`numpy.linspace`
 # is used to create 5 vectors with equal stops.