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The Data Visualization Workshop
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The Data Visualization Workshop

by Mario Döbler, Tim Großmann, Rohan Chikorde, Joshua Görner, Anshu Kumar, Piotr Malak, Ankit Verma
July 2020
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
536 pages
8h 47m
English
Packt Publishing
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5. Plotting Geospatial Data

Overview

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to utilize geoplotlib to create stunning geographical visualizations and identify the different types of geospatial charts. You will be able to demonstrate datasets containing geospatial data for plotting and create complex visualizations using tile providers and custom layers.

Introduction

geoplotlib is an open-source Python library for geospatial data visualizations. It has a wide range of geographical visualizations and supports hardware acceleration. It also provides performance rendering for large datasets with millions of data points. As discussed in earlier chapters, Matplotlib provides various ways to visualize geographical data.

However, Matplotlib ...

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