folium
Python Data. Leaflet.js Maps. (by python-visualization)
Cartopy
Cartopy - a cartographic python library with matplotlib support (by SciTools)
Our great sponsors
| folium | Cartopy | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 9 | |
| 6,678 | 1,352 | |
| 1.1% | 1.4% | |
| 9.0 | 8.8 | |
| 6 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| MIT License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
folium
Posts with mentions or reviews of folium.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-25.
-
Folium Help
A good thing to try would be to look over the folium documentation on their GitHub Page, Folium. For help with code you could ask ChatGPT to explain what you're interested in using their docs.
-
Framework suggestions for Map based application
I currently utilize Folium for a work project but would like to move it out of Folium into something that supports API requests for real-time data and vector tiles instead of raster.
-
2d map visualization library for JS
If you know Python you can use Folium produce Leaflet maps without using Javascript. I'm not sure if the updating functionality you require is possible, but could be worth a look.
-
Live update maps
Try Folium, here are some examples.
- How to access a class in DOM object of a map
- Free guides to learn Python for GIS?
-
Geohistograms in Python
For our visualizations we will be using Folium. This is a description from the authors:
-
Placing a Voronoi diagram over a streetmap (using Python)?
I'm mapping some election results, and trying to create a diagrammatic representation of who voted for whom, and where. I'm using Python, and I can create a perfectly respectable initial map (without Voronoi diagrams) using its folium package, with OpenStreetMap tiles. See https://numbersandshapes.net/posts/post_election_swings/.
-
creating a script that displays live GPS telem data on map?
Look in the folium package. https://python-visualization.github.io/folium/
-
A More Interactive Folium choropleth
Choropleth maps are a quick and easy way to visualize a numeric variable geographically. I love the ease and interactivity of most functions from the folium module, but the choropleth method lacks interactivity and clarity in the legend.
Cartopy
Posts with mentions or reviews of Cartopy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-25.
-
OSCAR 2022 sea surface velocity streamplot animation
Cartopy
-
Mastering Matplotlib: A Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners
Cartopy - A cartographic Python library with matplotlib support.
- How to plot latitude and longitude points on a world map, and choose what kind of projection to use? (I don't want the mercator projection)
-
[OC] One year in life of ocean eddies
There is not really much to it, really. Everything is done in python, with use of standard libraries, of which probably most important in this case is cartopy https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/ This is the latest cartopy tutorial I was able to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivmd3RluMiw
- [OC] This animation shows how the amount of daylight throughout the year changes based on Latitude. Made with Python and the matplotlib library.
-
Is there a good library for creating maps and altering them according to data?
Cartopy is a great lib that has a ton of utilities for those purposes. It is a little bit tricky to use at first but you can get really nice visualizations. I recommend installing it using with a conda env because its dependencies with other libraries.
-
[OC] Active Covid-19 cases per Capita in USA. 1/21/2020 - 8/23/2021
- Cartopy: https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy
- Module for projecting flat earth map to full disc
-
[OC] Surface wind for the first 3 months of 2005, with a 6 hours timestep
Made with: Cartopy, imageio and good 'ol Matplotlib (all Python libraries)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing folium and Cartopy you can also consider the following projects:
plotly - The interactive graphing library for Python :sparkles: This project now includes Plotly Express!
bokeh - Interactive Data Visualization in the browser, from Python
Leaflet - 🍃 JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps 🇺🇦
PyQtGraph - Fast data visualization and GUI tools for scientific / engineering applications
seaborn - Statistical data visualization in Python
Altair - Declarative statistical visualization library for Python
matplotlib - matplotlib: plotting with Python
Apache Superset - Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform [Moved to: https://github.com/apache/superset]
Redash - Make Your Company Data Driven. Connect to any data source, easily visualize, dashboard and share your data.