lets_plot.geo_data.geocode_states

lets_plot.geo_data.geocode_states(names=None) lets_plot.geo_data.geocoder.NamesGeocoder

Create a NamesGeocoder object for states. Allow to refine ambiguous request with where() method, with a scope that limits area of geocoding or with parents.

Parameters
namesstr or list

Names of objects to be geocoded.

Returns
NamesGeocoder

Geocoder object specification.

Examples

1from IPython.display import display
2from lets_plot import *
3from lets_plot.geo_data import *
4LetsPlot.setup_html()
5states = geocode_states().scope('UK').get_boundaries()
6display(states)
7ggplot() + \
8    geom_map(aes(fill='found name'), data=states, color='white') + \
9    ggtitle('UK States')
The geodata is provided by © OpenStreetMap contributors and is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
state found name geometry
0 Wales Wales MULTIPOLYGON (((-4.53074 53.30909, -4.57572 53...
1 Scotland Scotland MULTIPOLYGON (((-7.20352 57.45940, -7.27770 57...
2 England England MULTIPOLYGON (((-5.05355 50.26767, -5.01782 50...
3 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland MULTIPOLYGON (((-8.17751 54.46476, -7.69725 54...