So far, we have been using GeoPandas plotting methods to visualize our location data. GeoPandas is built on top of cartopy, a lower-level Python library, and Geoplot. The plotting functionality in GeoPandas is a very important and convenient way to visualize geographic data; however, it lacks some advanced location data visualization. In this section, I will briefly introduce to you to Folium, which offers an easy-to-use and interactive high-level API for location data visualization.
Folium is a widely used library in the location data visualization ecosystem, as it provides both the mapping flexibility of Python and the visualization strength of the LeafletJS library from JavaScript. Folium provides interactive map visualization with different visualization techniques, as well as a number of beautiful base maps. It is also integrated well with the...
