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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…
May 17, 2023
Kyle Walker

Using your favorite Python packages in ArcGIS Pro

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gis
data science
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…
Feb 28, 2023
Kyle Walker

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…
Jan 23, 2023
Kyle Walker

Analyzing labor markets in Python with LODES data

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data science
In Chapter 11 of my book Analyzing US Census Data, I explore a…
Jan 11, 2023
Kyle Walker

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…
Dec 20, 2022
Kyle Walker
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