#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # In[1]: import os import folium print(folium.__version__) # # GeoJSON and choropleth # # **A few examples of how to do that with `folium`.** # # # ## Using `GeoJson` # # # Let us load a GeoJSON file representing the US states. # In[2]: import json us_states = os.path.join('data', 'us-states.json') geo_json_data = json.load(open(us_states)) # It is a classical GeoJSON `FeatureCollection` (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoJSON) of the form : # # { # "type": "FeatureCollection", # "features": [ # { # "properties": {"name": "Alabama"}, # "id": "AL", # "type": "Feature", # "geometry": { # "type": "Polygon", # "coordinates": [[[-87.359296, 35.00118], ...]] # } # }, # { # "properties": {"name": "Alaska"}, # "id": "AK", # "type": "Feature", # "geometry": { # "type": "MultiPolygon", # "coordinates": [[[[-131.602021, 55.117982], ... ]]] # } # }, # ... # ] # } # # A first way of drawing it on a map, is simply to use `folium.GeoJson` : # In[3]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson(geo_json_data).add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_0.html')) m # Note that you can avoid loading the file on yourself ; in simply providing a file path. # In[4]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson(us_states).add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_1.html')) m # You can pass a geopandas object. # In[5]: import geopandas gdf = geopandas.read_file(us_states) m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson( gdf, ).add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_3.html')) m # Now this is cool and simple, but we may be willing to choose the style of the data. # # You can provide a function of the form `lambda feature: {}` that sets the style of each feature. # # For possible options, see: # # * For `Point` and `MultiPoint`, see http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#marker # * For other features, see http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#path-options and http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#polyline-options # # In[6]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson( geo_json_data, style_function=lambda feature: { 'fillColor': '#ffff00', 'color': 'black', 'weight': 2, 'dashArray': '5, 5' } ).add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_3.html')) m # What's cool in providing a function, is that you can specify a style depending on the feature. For example, if you want to visualize in green all states whose name contains the letter 'E', just do: # In[7]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson( geo_json_data, style_function=lambda feature: { 'fillColor': 'green' if 'e' in feature['properties']['name'].lower() else '#ffff00', 'color': 'black', 'weight': 2, 'dashArray': '5, 5' } ).add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_4.html')) m # Wow, this looks almost like a choropleth. To do one, we just need to compute a color for each state. # # Let's imagine we want to draw a choropleth of unemployment in the US. # # First, we may load the data: # In[8]: import pandas as pd US_Unemployment_Oct2012 = os.path.join('data', 'US_Unemployment_Oct2012.csv') unemployment = pd.read_csv(US_Unemployment_Oct2012) unemployment.head(5) # Now we need to create a function that maps one value to a RGB color (of the form `#RRGGBB`). # For this, we'll use colormap tools from `folium.colormap`. # In[9]: from branca.colormap import linear colormap = linear.YlGn.scale( unemployment.Unemployment.min(), unemployment.Unemployment.max()) print(colormap(5.0)) colormap # We need also to convert the table into a dictionnary, in order to map a feature to it's unemployment value. # In[10]: unemployment_dict = unemployment.set_index('State')['Unemployment'] unemployment_dict['AL'] # Now we can do the choropleth. # In[11]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson( geo_json_data, name='unemployment', style_function=lambda feature: { 'fillColor': colormap(unemployment_dict[feature['id']]), 'color': 'black', 'weight': 1, 'dashArray': '5, 5', 'fillOpacity': 0.9, } ).add_to(m) folium.LayerControl().add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_5.html')) m # Of course, if you can create and/or use a dictionnary providing directly the good color. Thus, the finishing seems faster: # In[12]: color_dict = {key: colormap(unemployment_dict[key]) for key in unemployment_dict.keys()} # In[13]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) folium.GeoJson( geo_json_data, style_function=lambda feature: { 'fillColor': color_dict[feature['id']], 'color': 'black', 'weight': 1, 'dashArray': '5, 5', 'fillOpacity': 0.9, } ).add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_6.html')) m # Note that adding a color legend may be a good idea. # In[14]: colormap.caption = 'Unemployment color scale' colormap.add_to(m) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_7.html')) m # # Using `choropleth` method # # Now if you want to get faster, you can use the `Map.choropleth` method. Have a look at it's docstring, it has several styling options. # # You can use it in providing a file name (`geo_path`) : # In[15]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) m.choropleth( geo_data=geopandas.read_file(us_states), fill_color='red', fill_opacity=0.3, line_weight=2, ) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_7.html')) m # Or in providing a GeoJSON string (`geo_str`) : # In[16]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) m.choropleth(geo_data=us_states) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_8.html')) m # Then, in playing with keyword arguments, you can get a choropleth in (*almost*) one line : # In[17]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) m.choropleth( geo_data=us_states, data=unemployment, columns=['State', 'Unemployment'], key_on='feature.id', fill_color='YlGn', ) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_9.html')) m # A cool thing: you can force the color scale to a given number of bins, in providing a `threshold_scale` argument. # In[18]: m = folium.Map([43, -100], zoom_start=4) m.choropleth( geo_data=us_states, data=unemployment, columns=['State', 'Unemployment'], key_on='feature.id', fill_color='YlGn', threshold_scale=[3, 4, 9, 10] ) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_10.html')) m # You can also enable the highlight function, to enable highlight functionality when you hover over each area. # In[19]: state_data = pd.read_csv(US_Unemployment_Oct2012) m = folium.Map(location=[48, -102], zoom_start=3) m.choropleth( geo_data=us_states, data=state_data, columns=['State', 'Unemployment'], key_on='feature.id', fill_color='YlGn', fill_opacity=0.7, line_opacity=0.2, legend_name='Unemployment Rate (%)', highlight=True ) m.save(os.path.join('results', 'GeoJSON_and_choropleth_11.html')) m