Beginner's Guide to Python GeoPandas 🌍

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This is an introductory tutorial to Python Geopandas library. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the Geopandas library using Anaconda Prompt, how to import ESRI Shapefiles into Python, plot your geospatial data using Geopandas and Matplotlib libraries, perform basic geoprocessing operations, reproject vector data, carry out geometric computations and export Geopandas GeoDataFrames into ESRI Shapefiles using Python.

Download data - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h6c-9gozsusj397eMeOEZrkek3RS-hHn?usp=sharing
Matplotlib Colormaps - https://matplotlib.org/users/colormaps.html
10 Useful Geoprocessing Applications of GeoPandas Library - https://youtu.be/HtYxzt55-1w

Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Installing Geopandas Library
02:52 - Introducing Spyder IDE
06:08 - Creating a new Python Script
07:23 - Import ESRI Shapefiles into Python using Geopandas
11:03 - Basic plotting using Geopandas
20:14 - Multiple Plots (Side-by-side)
25:18 - Multiple layers on the same figure
30:57 - Working with projections in Geopandas
38:40 - Intersecting layers using Geopandas
42:42 - Geometrical computations (calculating areas of polygons)
45:27 - Exporting Geopandas GeoDataFrames into ESRI Shapefiles


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