Visualizing maps

To show information that changes from region to region, the best way is to display a map that presents the information, while at the same time giving a regional sense of position and location for the data.

In this recipe, we'll make use of the fiona module to import GIS information, as well as matplotlib to display the information. We will display a map of Western Europe and display the population of each country with a color grade. The darker the color, the larger the population.

Getting ready

We need to install matplotlib and fiona in our virtual environment:

$ echo "matplotlib==2.2.2" >> requirements.txt
$ echo "Fiona==1.7.13" >> requirements.txt
$ pip install -r requirements...