#495: OSMnx: Python and OpenStreetMap

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

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4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Geoff Boeing, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California whose research spans urban planning, spatial analysis, and data science. We explore why OpenStreetMap is such a powerful source of global map data—and how Geoff's Python library, OSMnx, makes that data easier to download, model, and visualize. Along the way, we talk about what shapes city streets around the world, how urban design influences everything from daily commutes to disaster resilience, and why turning open data into accessible tools can open up completely new ways of understanding our cities. If you've ever wondered how to build or analyze your own digital maps in Python, or what it takes to manage a project that transforms raw geographic data into meaningful research, you won't want to miss this conversation.

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0:00.0	On this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Jeff Boeing, an assistant professor at the University of Southern
0:04.3	California, whose research spans urban planning, spatial analysis, and data science.
0:09.2	We explore why open street map is such a powerful source of global map data and how Jeff's Python
0:15.4	library, OSM and X, makes that data easier to download, model, and visualize with Python.
0:21.6	Along the way, we talk about what shaped city streets around the world, how urban design
0:25.9	influences everything from daily commutes to disaster resilience, and why turning open data
0:32.2	into accessible tools can open up completely new ways of understanding our cities.
0:37.3	If you've ever wondered how to build or analyze your own digital maps in Python, you won't
0:42.7	want to miss this conversation.
0:44.3	This is Talk Python to Me, episode 495, recorded Thursday, January 16th, 2025.
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