Globe apparent size vs satellite_height (NearsidePerspective)

[sergio-dr]

Description

Globe size seems to scale to fit the canvas even when changing satellite_height distance in NearsidePerspective. Of course, using matplotlib's sharex/sharey don't work for this purpose.

Can I represent the relative globe apparent size change with distance? Thanks in advance.

Code to reproduce

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(20, 5), frameon=False)
projection1 = ccrs.NearsidePerspective(
    central_longitude=0,
    central_latitude=37,
    satellite_height=5e6,
)
projection2 = ccrs.NearsidePerspective(
    central_longitude=0,
    central_latitude=37,
    satellite_height=5e8,
)
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=projection1)
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 2, projection=projection2)
ax1.stock_img()
ax2.stock_img()
plt.show()

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(20, 5), frameon=False)

projection1 = ccrs.NearsidePerspective(
    central_longitude=0,
    central_latitude=37,
    satellite_height=5e6,
)
projection2 = ccrs.NearsidePerspective(
    central_longitude=0,
    central_latitude=37,
    satellite_height=5e8,
)
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=projection1)
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 2, projection=projection2, sharex=ax1, sharey=ax1)
ax1.stock_img()
ax2.stock_img()
plt.show()

Operating system

Windows 11 23H2

Cartopy version

0.24.1