Location information in datasets represents something we can relate to. It is about points existing in our world. This makes it one of the most interesting types of dataset for analysis. But it is not intuitive to view location coordinates without geographical maps. This makes the task of data analysis and the summarizing of location coordinates without a geographical map a bit of a challenge. However, services such as Mapbox and deck.gl provide a variety of apps and APIs for visualizing location information on beautiful maps.
In this chapter, we will render location data as scatter plots on maps as follows:
- A scatter point
- A scatter grid
Then, we will plot arcs and lines on a map:
- Arcs
- Path
Remember, the MAPBOX_API_KEY variable in the superset_config.py file that we wrote in the Superset configuration chapter? That API key must be...