
Python for Geospatial Data Analysis
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Author Bonny P. McClain demonstrates why detecting and quantifying patterns in geospatial data is vital. Both proprietary and open source platforms allow you to process and visualize spatial information. This book is for people familiar with data analysis or visualization who are eager to explore geospatial integration with Python.
This book helps you:
Understand the importance of applying spatial relationships in data science
Select and apply data layering of both raster and vector graphics
Apply location data to leverage spatial analytics
Design informative and accurate maps
Automate geographic data with Python scripts
Explore Python packages for additional functionality
Work with atypical data types such as polygons, shape files, and projections
Understand the graphical syntax of spatial data science to stimulate curiosity
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Bonny applies advanced data analytics including data engineering and geoenrichment to discussions of poverty, race, and gender. Her research targets judgementsabout social determinants, racial equity, and elements of intersectionality to illuminate the confluence of metrics contributing to poverty. Moving beyond zipcodes to explore apportioned socioeconomic data based on underlying population data leads to discovering novel variables based on location to build more context to complex data questions.
In order to influence change or pathways to mitigate factors contributing to "poverty" we need to evaluate the measures that influence the social context. Core themes of racism, class exploitation, sexism and nationalism and heterosexism all contribute to social inequality. Professionally and personally she redefines how we measure these attributes and how we can more accurately identify factors amenable to intervention. Spatial data hosts a variety of physical and cultural features to reveal distribution patterns helping analysts and data professionals understand underlying causes of these patterns. The ability to query these relationships can inform policy and identify solutions.
Bonny is a Tableau User Group Leader, Tableau Speaker's Bureau member and Data Analytics Professional. Her professional goals include working to improve data literacy through education, Tableau skill integration, as well as R, Python, and Tableau Prep tools, exploring large datasets and curating empathetic answers to larger questions--making a big world seem smaller.