Spatial

Plotting population density with datashader

In this short post, we are using the Global Human Settlement Layer from the European Commission: This spatial raster dataset depicts the distribution of population, expressed as the number of people per cell. The downloaded file has a worldwide…


Prix de l'Immobilier en Francepar Iris entre 2014 et 2020

Evolution des prix de l'immobilier en France - DVF à l'iris

En croisant les données DVF (Demandes de Valeurs Foncières) maintenant disponibles en open data, nous avons construit ce dashboard. Il vous permettra de déterminer le prix médian au m² suivant le type de local (appartement ou maison), la région, le…


python spatial join

Python Spatial Join with GeoPandas (and GEOS)

Updated Sep 13, 2021 The purpose of this post is to perform an "efficient" spatial join in Python. What is a spatial join? Here is the definition from wiki.gis.com: A Spatial join is a GIS operation that affixes data from one feature layer’s…


Benford's law and the population of french cities

In this Python notebook, we are going to look at Benford's law, which predicts the leading digit distribution, when dealing with some real-world collections of numbers. This distribution usually occurs when the numbers are rather smoothly…


Lunch break, plotting excess death in french department zones with Python

Daily deaths data are provided by INSEE - the national institute of statistics and economic studies. Here is the link of the page displaying these data, and here is a short description: During the Covid-19 pandemic, INSEE is reporting the number of…