Week 3
More Interactive Data Viz, Intro to Vector Data & GeoPandas

Topics

• Interactive data viz with the holoviz ecosystem
• Vector data and introduction to GeoPandas
• Spatial relationships and joins
• Demo: 311 requests by neighborhood in Philadelphia

Don't forget assignment 1 / Sep 19.

• assignment-1

General Background Reading

Some general background readings that will help establish the foundation for this week's work. From Python for Data Analysis by Wes McKinney:

• Chatper 2: Python Basics
• Chapter 3: Built-in Python Features
• Chapter 4: NumPy Basics
• Chapter 5: Intro to pandas
• Chapter 9: Plotting & visualization

Documentation

• GeoPandas
  • Converting DataFrames to GeoDataFrames
  • Managing Projections
  • Merging Data

Further Reading / References

• West Wing and the Gall-Peters Projections
• xkcd Comic on Projections
• The True Size Of
• Coordinate Reference Systems
• EPSG Codes
• HoloViz tutorial: introduction to the HoloViz ecosystem