Book Review Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python by Joel Lawhead
Book Review Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python by Joel Lawhead I decided to read this book since Ive been doing maps using R. Hence it is better to learn the literature and science behind mapping and how to do a proper analysis on it. In addition, I would like to see what Python can offer in this discipline. The book has 10 chapters contained in a 364 pages. The first three chapters was a long reading, not much on coding, but rather on discussions of introduction to Geospatial Analysis. Impression: I like the idea that the author spent three chapters talking about the overall story (I would say) of Geospatial Analysis. Just a preview, the first chapter is of course the introduction; second is the data types, which surprisingly has a variety of formats; and third is all about the libraries and packages used in the said study. I am familiar with ArcGIS and QGIS, but this book lets you aware with other tools as well. The simple illustration that complements the discussion is very he...