My name is Michalis Avraam and I am a graduate student at the University of Washington, Department of Geography. Currently pursuing my interests in GIS, quantitative geographies and participatory systems, combining my programming skills with the needs for large-scale participatory systems for decision support.
I am also currently working on exploring economic geography, using econometric measures (input-output models) and Python. I have some work on network analysis of input-output models in Washington state, as well as decomposition measures, all performed using Python, NetworkX and numpy.
Michalis,
Stumbling upon your website was a real pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to post some useful tips for doing geoprocessing with python script. Your site is a great resource of information. I’ve been doing GIS for years but am just now learning python to build / customize my own tools. Any suggestions for good python books that are particularly applicable to the GIS specialist? Thank you for your time and good luck with your studies.
- Lisa
Lisa,
I wish there was a book I could recommend. I myself have been reading the ESRI documentation and the excellent Learning Python by Mark Lulz. There really should be a book for geoprocessing in Python, but everything I have seen is fairly elementary and a copy of the documentation really.
I hope your endeavors are successful and thank you so much for your wonderful comment.
Hi Mike/Michael
I found your blog in a search for a good definition of readiblity vs legibility. It was such a nice representation of its differences. I’m a graphic designer in Cincinnati for the US EPA, and in a former life I was an environmental scientist. Please continue with the great work! Thank you– Katherine
Hi Michalis
Great to find your blog! I am based in the UK and am involved in a research project, called GIRAFFE, to develop a wiki to support the sharing of resources and materials amongst geographers. It has a focus on GIS, let me know if you would like to hear more, it would be great if we could be in touch and an exchange a few lines about it. All good wishes, Ros