#295: GIS + Python

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Often we think of maps, but maps are static. GIS gets interesting when you realize that we're studying and visualizing data flowing through these locations and communities.

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0:00.0	Geography of the study of places and relationships between people and their environments.
0:04.9	Often we think of maps, but maps are static. GIS gets interesting when you realize that we're
0:10.0	studying and visualizing data flowing through these locations and communities. In this episode,
0:14.8	you'll meet Silas Tom's. He's an author of several Python GIS books and the co-host of the Mapist
0:19.4	Hour podcast. Are you ready to dive
0:21.9	into GIS with Python? This is Talk Python to me, episode weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
0:48.6	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
0:50.4	Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy, and keep up with the show and listen to past episodes
0:54.5	at talk python.fm and follow the show on Twitter via at Doc Python.
0:59.5	This episode is brought to you by Linode and Talk Python training.
1:03.5	Please check out the offers during their segments. It really helps support the show.
1:07.5	At Talk Python, we run a bunch of web apps and web APIs.
1:11.6	These power the training courses as well as the mobile apps on iOS and Android.
1:16.1	If I had to build these from scratch again today, there's no doubt which framework I would use.
1:20.7	It's Fast API.
1:22.5	To me, Fast API is the embodiment of modern Python and modern APIs.
1:27.0	You have beautiful usage of type
1:28.5	annotations. You have model binding and validation with Pidantic, and you have first class
1:33.3	async and await support. If you're building or rebuilding a web app, you owe it to yourself to
1:38.9	check out our newest course. Modern APIs with Fast API over at Talk Python Training.
1:49.3	This is the first course in a series we're building on Fast API, and for just $39, it'll take you from interested to production with Fast API.
1:52.7	To learn more and get started today, just visit TalkPython.fm slash Fast API or click
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