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The Data Visualization Workshop

By : Mario Döbler, Tim Großmann
Book Image

The Data Visualization Workshop

By: Mario Döbler, Tim Großmann

Overview of this book

Do you want to transform data into captivating images? Do you want to make it easy for your audience to process and understand the patterns, trends, and relationships hidden within your data? The Data Visualization Workshop will guide you through the world of data visualization and help you to unlock simple secrets for transforming data into meaningful visuals with the help of exciting exercises and activities. Starting with an introduction to data visualization, this book shows you how to first prepare raw data for visualization using NumPy and pandas operations. As you progress, you’ll use plotting techniques, such as comparison and distribution, to identify relationships and similarities between datasets. You’ll then work through practical exercises to simplify the process of creating visualizations using Python plotting libraries such as Matplotlib and Seaborn. If you’ve ever wondered how popular companies like Uber and Airbnb use geoplotlib for geographical visualizations, this book has got you covered, helping you analyze and understand the process effectively. Finally, you’ll use the Bokeh library to create dynamic visualizations that can be integrated into any web page. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have learned how to present engaging mission-critical insights by creating impactful visualizations with real-world data.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Preface
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7. Combining What We Have Learned

5. Plotting Geospatial Data

Activity 5.01: Plotting Geospatial Data on a Map

Solution:

Let's plot the geospatial data on a map and find the densely populated areas of cities in Europe that have population of more than 100,000:

  1. Create an Activity5.01.ipynb Jupyter notebook in the Chapter05/Activity5.01 folder to implement this activity and then import the necessary dependencies:
    import numpy as np
    import pandas as pd
    import geoplotlib
  2. Load the world_cities_pop.csv dataset from the Datasets folder using pandas:
    #loading the Dataset (make sure to have the dataset downloaded)
    dataset = pd.read_csv('../../Datasets/world_cities_pop.csv', \
                          dtype = {'Region': np.str})

    Note

    If we import our dataset without defining the dtype attribute of the Region column as a String type, we will get a warning telling us that...