geoplotlib is a python toolbox for visualizing geographical data and making maps

To produce a dot density map:

data = read_csv('data/bus.csv')
geoplotlib.dot(data)
geoplotlib.show()

This will launch the geoplotlib window and plot the points on OpenStreetMap tiles, also allowing zooming and panning. geoplotlib automatically handles the data loading, the map projection, downloading the map tiles and the graphics rendering with OpenGL.

Dot Density

Heatmap (Kernel Density estimation)

Shapefiles

Voronoi tessellation

Spatial graph

All examples including source code are here

geoplotlib requires:

• numpy
• pyglet
  • note: in order for pyglet to work with ipython on Mac, this workaround is needed. Here you can find a fork of the pyglet dev branch with the workaround applied

optional requirements:

• matplotlib for colormaps
• scipy for some layers
• pyshp for reading .shp files

to install, run:

python setup.py install

A detailed user guide can be found in the wiki