sjsrey / pysal_examples

Example data sets for PySAL

pysal_examples

Example data sets and helper functions for PySAL

This module is pre-alpha and is part of a refactoring of PySAL.

Using pysal_examples

In [1]: import pysal_examples

In [2]: pysal_examples.available()
Out[2]:
['10740',
 'Line',
 'Point',
 'Polygon',
 'Polygon_Holes',
 'arcgis',
 'baltim',
 'book',
 'burkitt',
 'calemp',
 'chicago',
 'columbus',
 'desmith',
 'geodanet',
 'juvenile',
 'mexico',
 'nat',
 'networks',
 'newHaven',
 'nyc_bikes',
 'sacramento2',
 'sids2',
 'snow_maps',
 'south',
 'stl',
 'street_net_pts',
 'taz',
 'us_income',
 'virginia',
 'wmat']

In [3]: pysal_examples.explain('baltim')
Out[3]:
{'description': 'Baltimore house sales prices and hedonics',
 'explanation': ['* baltim.dbf attribute data',
  '* baltim.shp shape file',
  '* baltim.shx spatial index file',
  '* baltim.tri.k12.kwt Kernel weights using a triangular kernel with 12 neares',
  '  neighbors',
  '* baltim_k4.gwt Nearest neighbor weights (4nn)',
  '* baltim_q.gal Queen contiguity file',
  '* baltimore.geojson',
  'Point data, n=211, k= 17.'],
 'name': 'baltim'}

In [4]: pysal_examples.get_path('baltim.shp')
Out[4]: '/home/serge/Documents/p/pysal/src/pysal-reorg/pysal-examples/pysal_examples/baltim/baltim.shp'