Travel-time isochrones with Mapbox, Python, and GeoPandas
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Travel-time isochrones are powerful analytical tools that represent the reachable area from a location for a given time and travel mode. In R, my package mapboxapi seamlessly integrates with R’s GIS infrastructure to allow for the use of Mapbox’s isochrones in spatial analysis workflows. In Python, there isn’t a package that…
Mapping jobs and commutes with 2020 LODES data and deck.gl
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Last month, version 8 of the LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) dataset was released. This long-awaited release includes data on workplaces, residences, and origin-destination flows for workers in 2020, along with a time…
Using your favorite Python packages in ArcGIS Pro
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Last week, I gave a workshop on working with geographic data in Python with the University of Michigan’s Social Science Data Analysis Network. The workshop focused on pygris, my new Python package for working with US Census Bureau geographic data…
Distance and proximity analysis in Python
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Spatial data science projects frequently require the calculation of proximity to resources. Analysts in fields like health care, real estate, retail, education, and more are commonly tasked with finding out what resources are near to a given…
Exploratory spatial data analysis with Python
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In early 2023, the print copy of my book Analyzing US Census Data: Methods, Maps, and Models in R will be available for purchase. The response to the free online version of the book has been fantastic thus far. One question I commonly get asked, however, is…
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