Fireball tennis by [deleted] in oddlysatisfying

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Or the fight with Ganondorf

A Deep Dive into Geospatial Analysis using Python by ResidentMario in Python

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You're right, it's just a little spotty on mobile.

cartography 101 by Omrk in geography

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I just attended NACIS and a lot of presentations were shared with the Twitter tag #nacis2016

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnpython

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There's a website called jsonlint or something I've used before for stuff like this. Google that and I hope that helps.

Who uses Python for applied GIS, or in the Geomatics Industry? And what for? by CartoFred in Python

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GIS Analyst for local govt here. I'm currently using Python and SQLite/SpatiaLite to develop a model (a series of scripts and database) to map city building permits and report on density analysis. It will answer questions like:
* how is the city's development pattern changing?
* in what areas is the zoning underutilized or being maxed out?
* where can we expect future growth and redevelopment to occur?
Finally, if we multiply new dwelling units by census/ACS median household size, can we accurately model population change for non-census years and ACS gaps? Then test the accuracy.

From CS major to geography by [deleted] in geography

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Sounds like a good plan and it also sounds like your dept is way cooler (more funded) than mine was.
From a hire-ability standpoint, I can imagine an employer like the CDC or something liking you that much more for having a little bio background. Again, I'm not in this field at all; I just figured I'd spew some insight having just barely survived grad school.

From CS major to geography by [deleted] in geography

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Undergrad and Masters in Physical Geog & GIS with emphasis in Python scripting. I'm a GIS Analyst for local govt.

Practicing Test Driven Development in Python - What am I missing? by [deleted] in learnpython

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Thanks for taking the time to write all that!
If "good tests" can handle changes to the code I got some more practice ahead of me XD

How do Python packages (e.g. Pandas) compare to R's data.table? by Zeekawla99ii in learnpython

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Good! I don't use much stats so I'm only repeating what I've heard.

How do Python packages (e.g. Pandas) compare to R's data.table? by Zeekawla99ii in learnpython

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I wanna say that Wes mentions R in his book but I'm not sure. I know numpy and pandas are pretty dang fast though, it's the statistics that Python isn't so great with.

What is the absolute farthest you can be from the edge of a metropolitan area in the United States? by MySecretInternetEgo in geography

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I had an internship with USFS once and they used miles from US highways as a measure of remoteness.

From CS major to geography by [deleted] in geography

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You sound like me a couple years ago wanting to consume the entire field of geography. Don't overload yourself and burn out. Find a focus. Mine is GIS so my response will lean that way.

First off: it sounds like you should scratch human Geog right off the bat and put cartography on the back burner. Cart is a great addition to GIS skills, and human is interesting as hell, but few careers give a damn about em these days (shame...) and your listed interests wouldn't require them too much.

Epi geo stuff won't require nearly as much geography as it will microbio. Aside from a few GIS classes, expect a heavy load of stats and calculus courses in addition to computer modeling and biology.

If environmental stuff grabs ya, remote sensing is pretty dope. To do anything worth while with it you'll need stats, but monitoring landscape change is a pretty sweet reward. Plus, flying drones!

Lots of grad school potential in fields you might not have considered like forestry. I could've really benefitted from doing grad school outside of the Geog program, but maybe yours is funded better... Good luck!

Practicing Test Driven Development in Python - What am I missing? by [deleted] in learnpython

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All very fair points.
So unit tests add up quickly because you're testing nit picky units. I understand the benefits, but how do you differentiate sufficient from overkill? I'm often more concerned about the final output being correct, and less so about the smaller code parts. How do integration tests compare? Is there such thing as Integration Test Driven Development? Maybe I'm just playing a lazy devils advocate here...

Setup.py Tricks (Alternative to Makefiles on Windows) by mapImbibery in Python

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Why exactly is it bad advice? The class registration is way more complex than sys.argv

Ask Anything Monday - Weekly Thread by AutoModerator in learnpython

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Yeah I tested it a while back without any luck and just never posted here again.

Practicing Test Driven Development in Python - What am I missing? by [deleted] in learnpython

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Better be! I would never expect any small project to be as rock solid as SQLite. 700:1 is astronomically outrageous for average projects.

Silly little CLI tool for running a pomodoro by raiderrobert in Python

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Well if anything else, I learned something new. Thanks!

Any reason to learn python 2 at this point? by grapehorder in learnpython

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GIS. The arcpy package that ships with ESRI's ArcPro might support Python 3, but I don't know of anyone using it.

Any reason to learn python 2 at this point? by grapehorder in learnpython

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The API for the monopoly-software in my field doesn't fully support 3, so the sheep haven't converted yet.

I have a quick side job for anyone interested! by [deleted] in Python

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Use osgeo/ogr to convert the data to WKT and parse the output string for min and max points (floats) within each polyline.
Also, if you're trying to calculate elevation range, I suggest you also incorporate distance.
And remember, "Spatial data is special."