An introduction to geodata in Python

Level: Beginner

Presentation: An introduction to geodata in Python

Workshop description

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of geospatial data theory, covering raster, vector, and related concepts. You will also be introduced to Python libraries for geospatial data and gain hands-on experience working with satellite imagery through a Jupyter notebook exercise.

Requirements

• your GitHub account
• miniconda or anaconda

How to install miniconda

For Linux users

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh

After installing, initialize your newly-installed Miniconda. The following commands initialize for bash shell:

~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash

For MacOs users

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh -o ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh

After installing, initialize your newly-installed Miniconda. The following commands initialize for bash shell:

~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash

For Windows user

curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe -o miniconda.exe
start /wait "" miniconda.exe /S
del miniconda.exe

Usage

Before the workshop

• Clone this repository

• Navigate to cloned repository via terminal (use "Anaconda Prompt (miniconda3)" program for Windows/anaconda users)

• cd geodata-in-python-oct2023

• Create conda enviroment

  conda env create -f conda_environment.yml

• Activate conda environment

  conda activate geodata_in_python

• Add the created conda environment to Jupyter Lab

  python -s -m ipykernel install --user --name=geodata_in_python

• Start Jupyter Lab

  jupyter lab

After the workshop

If you would like to clean up the conda environment after the workshop, run the following lines in your terminal (use "Anaconda Prompt (miniconda3)" program for Windows/anaconda users):

jupyter kernelspec uninstall geodata_in_python
conda deactivate
conda env remove --name geodata_in_python

Video record

Re-watch this YouTube stream

Credits

This workshop was set up by @pyladiesams, @amridderikhoff and @AmberMulder