Learning objectives

Learning objectives#

Chapter 9 provides details on using various online sources of geographic information in Python, including OpenStreetMap data, Web Feature Services, Web Coverage Services and remote databases. These skills will allow you to fetch most up-to-date data from online sources directly into Python without having to read or write data on your local machine.

Learning objectives

At the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Fetch geographic data from various online sources using Python

  • Access and manipulate OpenStreetMap data using the osmnx library

  • Retrieve data from Web Freature Services (WFS) and Web Coverage Services (WCS)

  • Connect to and read data from spatial databases