Using GIS in Python (altho interested in JS for incl on a site) if anybody has useful stuff for newbies — pls send links & /or RT!

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Replying to @o_guest
prepare for some experimentation with the multitude of python GIS packages! Basemap is a good place to start.
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Replying to @jonxhill
thanks! I haven't graphed anything at all yet! I've only opened shape files in qgis!
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Replying to @o_guest
Q's python interface is pretty useful too, but the API is poorly documented, unfortunately.
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Replying to @jonxhill
I keep getting errors on that front about it not loading python integration etc — regardless I doubt I need it, right?
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Replying to @o_guest
Not for plotting GIS data, no. But does contain some nice processing elements (like calculating area of polygons on the geoid).
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Replying to @jonxhill
ah I see, what do you suggest in general basemap? Shapely? Geopandas?
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Replying to @o_guest
I tend to use basemap & shapely. I spent 3 days trying to plot a polygon properly last week. Ended up using geopandas and descartes
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Dr Jon H Retweeted Dr Jon H
The polygon had holes, which nothing else plotted as transparent. The UK got filled in! (lower left here: https://twitter.com/jonxhill/status/841399096887906306 …)
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got it on github? I might need it perhaps?
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