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19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub
Advanced Python: Visualizing Geospatial Data
21 November 2019, 18:00 - 20:00
Instructor: Pablo Maldonado
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In this workshop we will introduce the library Folium, that allows easy access to the leaflet.js library, to create annotated maps and choropleth visualizations using tiles from map providers like OpenStreetMap.
Prerequisites:
- Familiarity with Python (intermediate level) for data science
- Folium library installed (instructions here: https://python-visualization.github.io/folium/)
Participants who attend at least 75% of the sessions can claim a Certificate of Attendance issued by CERGE-EI.
About the facilitator:
Pablo Maldonado
Pablo earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the Universite Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie in France. He is currently a data science consultant and lecturer at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Previously, he worked for O2 Czech Republic and PricewaterhouseCoopers as a data scientist, and lectured in two Mexican universities. In his spare time, Pablo enjoys cooking and improving his salsa and drumming skills.
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