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geopandas_world_countries_filter_by_continent_area_calculation.py

python

Loads a built-in dataset of world countries, filters it by continent, and calc

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geopandas_world_countries_filter_by_continent_area_calculation.py
1import geopandas as gpd
2
3# Load a built-in dataset
4path_to_data = gpd.datasets.get_path("naturalearth_lowres")
5gdf = gpd.read_file(path_to_data)
6
7# Explore the data
8print(gdf.head())
9
10# Filter the data (e.g., only countries in Africa)
11africa = gdf[gdf["continent"] == "Africa"]
12
13# Basic plot
14africa.plot()
15
16# Calculate the area of each country (requires a projected CRS for accurate measurement)
17africa = africa.to_crs("EPSG:3395")  # World Mercator projection
18africa["area"] = africa.area
19
20print(africa[["name", "area"]].head())