new_contents: import numpy as np
  import matplotlib as mpl
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
  
  
  
  
  @staticmethod
  def plot_gmm(gmm, true_ll=False):
      """Plots the contour map of a GMM on top of a world map
      Partially from: http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/examples.html
      Will also plot the best estimated location as well as a true location if passed in"""
      plt.figure()
      x = np.linspace(-180,180, num=3600)
      y = np.linspace(90,-90, num=180)
      #GMM uses lat, lon so must flip in to obtain the contours correctly
      X, Y = np.meshgrid(y,x)
      XX = np.array([X.ravel(), Y.ravel()]).T
      #Obtains the per-sample log probabilities of the data under the model
      Z = -gmm.score_samples(XX)[0]
      Z = Z.reshape(X.shape)
  
      #set up and draw the world map
      m = Basemap(projection='mill', lon_0=0)
  
      m.drawcountries()
      m.drawcoastlines()
      m.drawparallels(np.arange(-90.,120.,30.),labels=[1,0,0,0]) # draw parallels
      m.drawmeridians(np.arange(0.,420.,60.),labels=[0,0,0,1]) # draw meridians
  
      cmap = mpl.cm.pink
  
      #for plotting we want to be back in lon, lat space so flip back
      X, Y = m(Y,X)
      #plot the contour lines as well as a color bar
      CS = m.contourf(X, Y, Z, 25, cmap=cmap)
      CB = plt.colorbar(CS, shrink=0.8, extend='both')
  
      # Plot estimated location
      (best_lat, best_lon) = gmm.means_[np.argmax(gmm.weights_)]
      best_lat, best_lon = m(best_lon, best_lat)
      plt.plot(best_lat, best_lon, '*g')
  
      # If provided also plot the true lat/lon expected to come in as lat,lon
      if true_ll:
          lat, lon = m(true_ll[1], true_ll[0])
          plt.plot(lat, lon, '*b')
  
      #plots the center of each ellipse and weights the size relative to the weight of the ellipse on the model
      for i in range (0, gmm.n_components):
          lat, lon = gmm.means_[i]
          weight = gmm.weights_[i]
          x, y = m(lon, lat)
          plt.plot(x, y, 'ok', markersize=10*weight)
  
      plt.show()
subject: Add a method which will plot the countour map of a GMM on a map of the world as well as the best location and true position if given