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Mapping the world with Python. Buy my book here - locatepress.com/book/pymaps
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    Dec 31, 2023
    Ending 2023 with my favourite map. South American forests. See you next year!
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    Apr 6, 2024
    Here is a thread of my favourite maps of Africa. Let me know which you like most and give me your best theories for how thel all fit together. Starting with population. 1/10
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    Apr 11, 2024
    Another thread of maps I like. This time we are looking loosely at the Indian sub continent. Included are India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. First up, Rivers! 1/13
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    Oct 20, 2024
    Hard no.
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    Jul 20, 2025
    Few people realise the scale of the Himalayas because static maps are a bad way to convey topography. Fortunately, we can use interactive maps to explore topography. Here is an example using Pyvista.
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    Mount Everest is about 8 km tall, while Sri Lanka is approximately 450 km wide. In the video, they appear to be the same size, a major distortion of scale. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Eve…
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    Apr 28, 2023
    Argentinian Rivers - This map shows the rivers of Argentina broken down by their major hydrological basin and scaled by their discharge. #DataVisualization #Geography #Python #Data #SouthAmerica #Argentina #Colombia
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    Aug 4, 2024
    Here is a thread of #maps of Colombia. Forests 1/13
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    Mar 17, 2023
    Colombian rivers! Coloured according to their drainage basin, and scaled by discharge. #SouthAmerica #Colombia #Rivers #DrainageBasin #Python #Geography #DataViz
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    Dec 13, 2023
    This is one of mine. Sadly they’ve started stripping the logo and description from the maps they steal. Data source for this is GHSL
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    Apr 8, 2024
    Here is a thread of my favourite maps of South America. Let me know which you like most and give me your best theories for how thel all fit together. Starting with Forests. 1/13
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    Aug 25, 2022
    Here are all of the rivers and waterways in South America, with coastlines, coloured according to the major hydrological basins they are part of and scaled by their size. This map was generated using #Matplotlib. #DataVisualization #Python #DataScience #Data #SouthAmerica
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    Mar 1, 2025
    Print copy is nearly ready, stay tuned.
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    May 22, 2022
    Here are all of the rivers and waterways in South America, coloured according to the major hydrological basins they are part of and scaled by their size. This map was generated using #Matplotlib #Numpy #Geopandas. #Python #DataScience #Data #DataVisualization #SouthAmerica.
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    Mar 24, 2023
    Pervian Rivers - This map shows the rivers of Peru broken down by their major hydrological basin and scaled by their discharge. #DataVisualization #Geography #Python #Data #SouthAmerica #Peru #Colombia
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