Use created layers as context maps in matplotlib plots

[marquesine]

Is it possible and easy to implement the use of created layers as context maps behind a plot in Python?

A common use case for GIS and Python users is to render static maps with interest data in matplotlib (usually together with geopandas or shapely).

There's a Python library, contextily, that already does this with ready-made and publicly available tile sets. However, there are two issues with it:

• For zoom levels beyond the maximum available, the rasterized image becomes pixelated.
• It lacks the ability to customize the style with the richness offered by your library.

I really like this project and what it is able to accomplish.