Plotting shapefile polygons
The next step is to show the map of polygons.
We have imported matplotlib.pyplot
as plt
and geopandas
as gpd
, and a GeoDataFrame of the service districts called service_district
has been pre-loaded for you.
This exercise is part of the course
Visualizing Geospatial Data in Python
Exercise instructions
- First plot the service districts without additional arguments by calling
.plot()
on the GeoDataFrame. - Take a look at it with
plt.show()
. This has been done for you. - Now use the
.plot()
method again, but this time addcolumn='name'
to color the shapes according to their names andlegend=True
to see those names. Remember to show the plot.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import packages
import geopandas as gpd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Plot the Service Districts without any additional arguments
service_district.____()
plt.show()
# Plot the Service Districts, color them according to name, and show a legend
service_district.plot(____ = 'name', ____ = True)
plt.____()