DKRZ PyNGL map tickmark example using HighRes database

Example script:

#
#  File:
#    mptick_3.py
#
#  Synopsis:
#    Demonstrates what happens to the built-in tickmarks
#    when you zoom in to less than one degree.
#
#  Categories:
#    map plot
#    HighRes
#
#  Based on NCL example:
#    mptick_3.ncl
#
#  Author:
#    Karin Meier-Fleischer
#
#  Date of initial publication:
#    November 2018
#
#  Description:
#    This example shows how to create a map.
#
#  Effects illustrated:
#    o  Zooming in on a particular area on a cylindrical equidistant map
#    o  Drawing a default cylindrical equidistant map
#    o  Drawing a map using the high resolution map outlines
#
#  Output:
#    A single visualization is produced.
#
'''
  PyNGL Example:     mptick_3.py

  - Zooming in on a particular area on a cylindrical equidistant map
  - Drawing a default cylindrical equidistant map
  - Drawing a map using the high resolution map outlines

'''
from __future__ import print_function
import Ngl

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
#-- Function: main
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def main():

    wks = Ngl.open_wks("png","plot_mptick_3")               #-- open workstation

    mpres                        =  Ngl.Resources()         #-- resource object
    mpres.mpFillOn               =  True                    #-- turn map fill on
    mpres.mpOutlineOn            =  True                   #-- outline map
    mpres.mpOceanFillColor       = "Transparent"            #-- set ocean fill color to transparent
    mpres.mpLandFillColor        = "Gray90"                 #-- set land fill color to gray
    mpres.mpInlandWaterFillColor = "Gray90"                 #-- set inland water fill color to gray
    mpres.mpProjection           = "CylindricalEquidistant" #-- map projection
    mpres.mpGridAndLimbOn        =  False                   #-- turn off grid lines
    mpres.pmTickMarkDisplayMode  = "Always"                 #-- turn on built-in tickmarks

    mpres.mpLimitMode            = "LatLon"
    mpres.mpMinLonF              = -65.                     #-- set min lon
    mpres.mpMaxLonF              = -63.                     #-- set max lon
    mpres.mpMinLatF              =  10.                     #-- set min lat
    mpres.mpMaxLatF              =  11.                     #-- set max lat

    mpres.mpDataBaseVersion      = "HighRes"                #-- turn on highres coastline

    mpres.tiMainString           = "Map database HighRes (RANGS) and~C~Built-in tickmarks that include minutes"

    map = Ngl.map(wks,mpres)                                #-- create the plot

    Ngl.end()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Result: