geocode_states

geocode_states(names=None) → 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

from IPython.display import display
from lets_plot import *
from lets_plot.geo_data import *
LetsPlot.setup_html()
states = geocode_states().scope('UK').get_boundaries()
display(states)
ggplot() + \
    geom_map(aes(fill='found name'), data=states, color='white') + \
    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...