Geospatial Data Science Quick Start Guide

Datascientists,whohaveaccesstovastdatastreams,areabitmyopicwhenitcomestointrinsicandextrinsiclocation-baseddataandaremissingoutontheintelligenceitcanprovidetotheirmodels.Thisbookdemonstrateseffectivetechniquesforusingthepowerofdatascienceandgeospatialintelligencetobuildeffective,intelligentdatamodelsthatmakeuseoflocation-baseddatatogiveusefulpredictionsandanalyses.Thisbookbeginswithaquickoverviewofthefundamentalsoflocation-baseddataandhowtechniquessuchasExploratoryDataAnalysiscanbeappliedtoit.Wethendelveintospatialoperationssuchascomputingdistances,areas,extents,centroids,bufferpolygons,intersectinggeometries,geocoding,andmore,whichaddsadditionalcontexttolocationdata.Movingahead,youwilllearnhowtoquicklybuildanddeployageo-fencingsystemusingPython.Lastly,youwilllearnhowtoleveragegeospatialanalysistechniquesinpopularrecommendationsystemssuchascollaborativefilteringandlocation-basedrecommendations,andmore.Bytheendofthebook,youwillbearockstarwhenitcomestoperforminggeospatialanalysiswithease.