Mapping Environment Agency flood data from their API using Python to find at-risk postcodes

Given the recent storms and floods it seemed a good time to try something slightly new in python, calling an API. Specifically, I want to be able to call the Environment Agency flood warning API then map all areas with a flood warning and then extract a list of postcodes within those flood areas. Code …

Network Analysis and Spatial Smoothing

In my last post I introduced the concept of using network analysis for use on Road data. In another post I looked at using pygeos to spatially smooth data. This time I’ll be combining network analysis and spatial smoothing. The Problem Using distance related spatial smoothing, whether this is using kernel density or count/average within …

Mapping data in Excel

Excel isn’t the best tool for mapping data, but sometimes you want something quick and don’t want to learn new software. This post is about the Excel based UK postcode area map I made and is based on this post from ClearlyAndSimply. The map is made up of a collection of hand drawn and named …