INNER CODE UNIT · Python
prep_river_data
aeturrell/coding-for-economists · data_set_prep.py:75
def prep_river_data():
"""
Download the 10m rivers, lakes, and centerlines from and put in scratch/rivers/
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-rivers-lake-centerlines/
TODO: automate download of shapefile
"""
rivers = gpd.read_file(
os.path.join("scratch", "rivers", "ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.shp")
)
uk_bound_box = (-7.57216793459, 49.959999905, 1.68153079591, 58.6350001085)
uk_polygon = shapely.geometry.box(*uk_bound_box, ccw=True)
rivers = rivers[rivers.within(uk_polygon)]
rivers.to_file(os.path.join("data", "geo", "rivers", "rivers.shp"))
def prep_covid_data():
"""
Downloads covid data from uk gov't website and processes it ready for plotting.