This book focuses on important code libraries for geospatial data management and analysis for Python 3. The reason for this is simple—as Python 2 is near the end of its life cycle, it is quickly being replaced by Python 3. This new Python version comes with key differences in organization and syntax, meaning that developers need to adjust their legacy code and apply new syntax in their code. Fields such as machine learning, data science, and big data have changed the way geospatial data is managed, analyzed, and presented today. In all these areas, Python 3 has quickly become the new standard, which is another reason for the geospatial community to start using Python 3.
The geospatial community has been ...