Applied Geospatial Data Science with Python

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Introducing Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Data Science

It is estimated that human society generates several quintillion bytes of data every day. The amount and speed with which our society generates data are also estimated to increase yearly as more and more devices become connected. Devices in the palms of our hands generate rich data assets ranging from detailed human movement data to data on purchasing behavior that connects online transactions with those made at physical storefronts. At the same time, remote sensing devices located outside our atmosphere are generating detailed images, known as satellite imagery, of the Earth at a 0.5-meter resolution, and this detail is improving at a breakneck pace.

Our ability to produce ...