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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python
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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python

by Silas Toms, Paul Crickard, Eric van Rees
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
440 pages
11h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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Finding the AMI

I'll use the MapD Community Edition, the open source version of the platform, on a p2.xlarge AWS instance. Pre-built Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) of the community edition are available. While the core database technology is free, the p2 instance will still have costs associated with it and is not available with the AWS free tier. I chose the p2.xlarge over the recommended p2.8xlarge, reducing the costs per hour from $7 to $1. For low-cost or free evaluation of the software, download and install it on a virtual machine or a dedicated Linux server:

For local installation, download the community edition (both compiled and the ...
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