• This course provides an introduction to working with geospatial data in Python for experienced Python users.

2-3 hours

• Python users wanting to work with geospatial data.

By the end of the course you will:

• Understand what spatial data and GIS are.
• Know how to use the Open Geography Portal.
• Be aware of map projections and Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) and be able to modify them.
• Be able to load and manipulate spatial data in Python using the geopandas library.
• Be familiar with using GSS codes to join statistics to geographies.
• Understand how to use spatial joins.
• Know how to make static maps in matplotlib.
• Be able to export your maps and shapefiles.

• Please make sure that you have followed the Installation Guide for python Geo-libraries or have all the recommended libraries pre-installed on your machine before beginning this course.
• We recommend going through the Awareness of Geography and Statistics training prior to starting this course.

• Download this repository onto your machine.
• Unzip the repository and save it on your Downloads.
• Launch Jupyter Notebook from the Program Anaconda Navigator.
• On Anaconda Notebook, navigate to the downloads folder and open the Intro_to_Geography_in_Python.ipynb and use it as your guide.
• Repeat the previous step and open the Intro_to_GIS_in_Python_Workbook.ipynb to use it as your working environment as you make your way through the course.
• copy the data folder from the downloads to your local drive and use the data provided.