geopandas_quickstart_load_dataset_calculate_area_plot.py

1import geopandas as gpd
2
3# Load a built-in dataset of the world
4path_to_data = gpd.datasets.get_path("naturalearth_lowres")
5world = gpd.read_file(path_to_data)
6
7# Calculate the area of each country (results in square degrees for this CRS)
8world['area'] = world.area
9
10# Display the first few rows
11print(world.head())
12
13# Create a basic plot of the world map
14world.plot()