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geopandas_world_countries_area_calculation_and_plot.py

python

Loads a built-in dataset of world countries, calculates their area, and plots

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geopandas_world_countries_area_calculation_and_plot.py
1import geopandas as gpd
2
3# Load a built-in dataset
4world = gpd.read_file(gpd.datasets.get_path('naturalearth_lowres'))
5
6# Explore the data
7print(world.head())
8
9# Basic visualization
10world.plot()
11
12# Calculate the area of each country (projecting to a metric system first)
13world = world.to_crs("EPSG:3395")
14world['area'] = world.area
15
16print(world[['name', 'area']].head())