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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
A guide to GIS resources at UTSA Libraries
Anaconda
- Anaconda NavigatorWhat is Anaconda Navigator?
Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface (GUI) included in the Anaconda® distribution that allows you to launch applications and efficiently manage conda packages, environments, and channels without using command-line commands. Navigator can search for packages on Anaconda.org or in a local Anaconda Repository. It is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. - AnacondaAnaconda offers the easiest way to perform Python/R data science and machine learning on a single machine. Start working with thousands of open-source packages and libraries today.
Jupyter
- Installing Jupyter (Recommend installing Jupyter Notebook)Great for Data Science and data visualization!
- Jupyter Notebook DocumentationThe notebook extends the console-based approach to interactive computing in a qualitatively new direction, providing a web-based application suitable for capturing the whole computation process: developing, documenting, and executing code, as well as communicating the results.
Google Colab Notebook
No installation is needed, just a Google account to sign in! It uses the Jupyter notebook environment.
- Google Colab NotebookThis notebook allows users to write and execute Python from their web browser! Great for students or groups working across multiple devices or locations, just like Google Docs. Plus, users can save their notebooks on Google Drive.
Python GIS Packages, Libraries, and APIs
- GeoPandasThe goal of GeoPandas is to make working with geospatial data in python easier. It combines the capabilities of pandas and shapely, providing geospatial operations in pandas and a high-level interface to multiple geometries to shapely. GeoPandas enables you to easily do operations in python that would otherwise require a spatial database such as PostGIS.
- GeoPygeopy makes it easy for Python developers to locate the coordinates of addresses, cities, countries, and landmarks across the globe using third-party geocoders and other data sources.
- Geograpy3Geograpy3 extracts location information from a URL or text by adding context to those names/places, such as distinguishing between a country, region, or city. Geograpy3 uses NLTK (Natural Language ToolKit) for entity recognition.