DOC: Add hvPlot to ecosystem (#1869)

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## GeoPandas dependencies
GeoPandas brings together the full capability of `pandas` and open-source geospatial
GeoPandas brings together the full capability of `pandas` and the open-source geospatial
tools `Shapely`, which brings manipulation and analysis of geometric objects backed by
[`GEOS`](https://trac.osgeo.org/geos) library, `Fiona`, allowing us to read and write
geographic data files using [`GDAL`](https://gdal.org), and `pyproj`, a library for
cartographic projections and coordinate transformations, which is a Python interface of
cartographic projections and coordinate transformations, which is a Python interface to
[`PROJ`](https://proj.org).
Furthermore, GeoPandas has several optional dependencies as `rtree`, `pygeos`,
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#### [pyproj](https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj)
`pyproj` is a Python interface to `PROJ` (cartographic projections and coordinate
transformations library). GeoPandas uses `pyproj.crs.CRS` object to keep track of a
transformations library). GeoPandas uses a `pyproj.crs.CRS` object to keep track of the
projection of each `GeoSeries` and its `Transformer` object to manage re-projections.
### Optional dependencies
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Various packages are built on top of GeoPandas addressing specific geospatial data
processing needs, analysis, and visualization. Below is an incomplete list (in no
particular order) of tools which form GeoPandas related Python ecosystem.
particular order) of tools which form the GeoPandas-related Python ecosystem.
### Spatial analysis and Machine Learning
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##### [segregation](https://github.com/pysal/segregation)
`segregation` package calculates over 40 different segregation indices and provides a
suite of additional features for measurement, visualization, and hypothesis testing that
together represent the state-of-the-art in quantitative segregation analysis.
together represent the state of the art in quantitative segregation analysis.
##### [mgwr](https://github.com/pysal/mgwr)
`mgwr` provides scalable algorithms for estimation, inference, and prediction using
single- and multi-scale geographically-weighted regression models in a variety of
generalized linear model frameworks, as well model diagnostics tools.
single- and multi-scale geographically weighted regression models in a variety of
generalized linear model frameworks, as well as model diagnostics tools.
##### [tobler](https://github.com/pysal/tobler)
`tobler` provides functionality for for areal interpolation and dasymetric mapping.
`tobler` provides functionality for areal interpolation and dasymetric mapping.
`tobler` includes functionality for interpolating data using area-weighted approaches,
regression model-based approaches that leverage remotely-sensed raster data as auxiliary
information, and hybrid approaches.
#### [movingpandas](https://github.com/anitagraser/movingpandas)
`MovingPandas` is a package for dealing with movement data. `MovingPandas` implements a
`Trajectory` class and corresponding methods based on GeoPandas. A trajectory has a
@@ -163,6 +162,13 @@ interpretation suite aimed at magnetic, gravity and other datasets.
### Visualization
#### [hvPlot](https://hvplot.holoviz.org/user_guide/Geographic_Data.html#Geopandas)
`hvPlot` provides interactive Bokeh-based plotting for GeoPandas
dataframes and series using the same API as the Matplotlib `.plot()`
support that comes with GeoPandas. hvPlot makes it simple to pan and zoom into
your plots, use widgets to explore multidimensional data, and render even the
largest datasets in web browsers using [Datashader](https://datashader.org).
#### [contextily](https://github.com/geopandas/contextily)
`contextily` is a small Python 3 (3.6 and above) package to retrieve tile maps from the
internet. It can add those tiles as basemap to `matplotlib` figures or write tile maps
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`matplotlib`.
#### [GeoViews](https://github.com/holoviz/geoviews)
`GeoViews` is a Python library that makes it easy to explore and visualize any data that
includes geographic locations. It has particularly powerful support for multidimensional
meteorological and oceanographic datasets, such as those used in weather, climate, and
remote sensing research, but is useful for almost anything that you would want to plot
on a map!
`GeoViews` is a Python library that makes it easy to explore and
visualize any data that includes geographic locations, with native
support for GeoPandas dataframes and series objects. It has
particularly powerful support for multidimensional meteorological and
oceanographic datasets, such as those used in weather, climate, and
remote sensing research, but is useful for almost anything that you
would want to plot on a map!
#### [EarthPy](https://github.com/earthlab/earthpy)
`EarthPy` is a python package that makes it easier to plot and work with spatial raster
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### Geometry manipulation
#### [TopoJSON](https://github.com/mattijn/topojson)
`Topojson` is a library that is capable of creating a topojson encoded format of merely
any geographical object in Python. With topojson it is possible to reduce the size of
your geographical data. Mostly by orders of magnitude. It is able to do so through:
eliminating redundancy through computation of a topology; fixed-precision integer
encoding of coordinates and simplification and quantization of arcs.
`topojson` is a library for creating a TopoJSON encoding of nearly any
geographical object in Python. With topojson it is possible to reduce the size of
your geographical data, typically by orders of magnitude. It is able to do so through
eliminating redundancy through computation of a topology, fixed-precision integer
encoding of coordinates, and simplification and quantization of arcs.
#### [geocube](https://github.com/corteva/geocube)
Tool to convert geopandas vector data into rasterized `xarray` data.
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`OSMnx` is a Python package that lets you download spatial data from OpenStreetMap and
model, project, visualize, and analyze real-world street networks. You can download and
model walkable, drivable, or bikeable urban networks with a single line of Python code
then easily analyze and visualize them. You can just as easily download and work with
and then easily analyze and visualize them. You can just as easily download and work with
other infrastructure types, amenities/points of interest, building footprints, elevation
data, street bearings/orientations, and speed/travel time.
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package is intended for exploratory data analysis and draws inspiration from
sqlalchemy-like interfaces and `acs.R`. With separate APIs for application developers
and folks who only want to get their data quickly & painlessly, `cenpy` should meet the
needs of most who aim to get US Census Data from Python.
needs of most who aim to get US Census Data into Python.
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