lets_plot.geo_data.geocode_cities

lets_plot.geo_data.geocode_cities(names=None) → NamesGeocoder

Create a NamesGeocoder object for cities. 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

from IPython.display import display
from lets_plot import *
from lets_plot.geo_data import *
LetsPlot.setup_html()
cities = geocode_cities(['York', 'Jersey'])\
         .where(name='Jersey', scope='New Jersey').get_boundaries()
display(cities)
ggplot() + geom_map(aes(fill='found name'), data=cities, color='white')

The geodata is provided by © OpenStreetMap contributors and is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).

	city	found name	geometry
0	York	New York	MULTIPOLYGON (((-73.75658 40.61047, -73.75531 ...
1	Jersey	Jersey City	POLYGON ((-74.06602 40.66669, -74.08256 40.674...