Programming in geoinformatics 2017 Projects
1 Parsing data, geocoding
Students: Matěj, Slezák, Bzdúšek
Create a Python script which will download and parse data from some webpage (e.g. http:
//www.roman-empire.net/diverse/battles.html), geocodes it (convert names of places to
geographical coordinates) and returns a file with geometry (SHP, GeoJSON), map image (e.g.
with Kartograph.py http://kartograph.org/) or other outputs.
Use e.g. http://www.datasciencetoolkit.org/ API for geocoding.
2 Weather
Students: Vilímková, Pelikánová, Kundriková, Kakáčová
Create a tool (Python script) which will print current weather and/or the weather forecast for
specified location (either name of the city/location or coordinates). If the location is specified by
name, geocode it into coordinates or use a service which geocodes locations for you. Use some
online service to get data (e.g. openweathermap.org or DarkSky.net). Example of a similar
tool:
3 Generating overview maps
Students: Hasenöhrlová, Švedová, Češek
Create a tool (Python script), which generates overview maps of e.g. tourist centres / Czech
Republic or Europe map with a location you want to highlight (e.g. Vidnava with the main
region cities in Czech).
Use for example Kartograph.py and OpenStreetMap with Overpass API or GeoJSON files prepared
from ArcČR / similar data.
4 Hydrology tools
Students: Klocová, Abdelrahman, Kvarda, Willmann
TBA – generating Thiessen polygons, precipitation modelling, etc.
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