To get the most out of this book
This book assumes you have basic knowledge of the Python programming language. You will require the Anaconda 2.4.0 or higher with Python (3.10 or higher); a minimum hardware requirement of a 300-MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM, and 1.5 GB of available hard disk; and a Windows, Linux, or macOS X operating system.
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Software/hardware covered in the book |
Operating system requirements |
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Anaconda 2.4.0 or higher |
Windows – 64-bit x86; macOS – 64-bit x86 and M1; or Linux – 64-bit x86, 64-bit aarch64 (AWS Graviton2), 64-bit Power8/Power9, or s390x (Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE) |
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Python 3.10 or higher |
8 GB of RAM |
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ECMAScript 11 |
6 GB of disk space or more |
Follow the instructions for the latest Anaconda installation. All scripts in this book assume you will run the code from the command line within an Anaconda Python environment. If you try to use Jupyter Notebooks, you may get unpredictable results.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
The GitHub repository contains folders for each chapter that include all code in the book, as well as color images and geospatial data files needed for the examples.
