UrbanPy
A library to download, process and visualize high resolution urban data in an easy and fast way
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UrbanPy is an open-source project to automate data extraction, measurement, and visualization of urban accessibility metrics. It has a set of analytical functions that automates some of the common tasks in a GIS workflow such as obtaining geographic limits (See Fig 1), downloading population density data, locating points of interest (PoIs), and even calculating travel times.
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This library was developed in a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Universidad del Pacífico, and the Economic Development Management of the Municipality of Lima using open data.
Fig 3. Interactive Web App. Source: IDB Code4Development Blog