What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introducing Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Data Science, lays the foundations for the book by introducing you to GIS and its commonalities with and differences from geospatial data science. In this chapter, we also walk through the data science pipeline that you’ll follow throughout the book.
Chapter 2, What Is Geospatial Data and Where Can I Find It?, introduces you to common geospatial data types and formats that you’ll work with throughout your geospatial data science workflows. In this chapter, we’ll also introduce various categories of geospatial data, ranging from human geography to country- and area-specific data.
Chapter 3, Working with Geographic and Projected Coordinate Systems, will introduce you to geographic and projected coordinate systems and help you avoid some of the most common pitfalls of working with geospatial data.
Chapter 4, Exploring Geospatial Data Science Packages, covers a wide variety of Python geospatial data science packages that allow you to perform spatial data processing, analysis, visualization, and modeling.
Chapter 5, Exploratory Data Visualization, shows you how to harness the power of spatial data to create compelling static and dynamic mapping applications.
Chapter 6, Hypothesis Testing and Spatial Randomness, introduces you to the topic of complete spatial randomness and a variety of statistical tests to better understand whether your data reflects patterns across space.
Chapter 7, Spatial Feature Engineering, will walk you through how to derive new spatial-based features known as summary spatial features and proximity spatial features from both tabular and geo-enabled data assets.
Chapter 8, Spatial Clustering and Regionalization, introduces you to a class of unsupervised machine learning models known as clustering models, through which you’ll create spatial clusters and regions from your data.
Chapter 9, Developing Spatial Regression Models, will open your eyes to the power that spatial data can bring to regression models through the incorporation of spatial effects.
Chapter 10, Developing Solutions to Spatial Optimization Problems, will show you how to use linear programming in combination with spatial data to solve problems such as the Vehicle Routing Problem and the Location Set Covering Problem.
Chapter 11, Advanced Topics in Spatial Data Science, covers more advanced topics in spatial feature engineering, spatial modeling, and spatial ethics.