Don Holloway: Python Geospatial Analysis
Date: Monday, February 8th @ 7pm
The shift towards mobile computing is driving changes in the way that we manage information. The increased processing power and availability of geolocation data have placed a new emphasis on geospatial analysis. Geographic information systems (GIS) were established in industries whose primary business is knowing “where in the world” their interests are. Oil and gas, mining, and governments were responsible for the development of much of the technology and methods that are commonly used. Today, the advertising, medicine, insurance, environmental, and technology industries also rely heavily on geospatial analysis.The presentation will provide a high level overview of geospatial analysis, covering topics such as geometric data structures, projections, geocoding, and visualization. That will be followed with an overview of foundational software programs for both standard and geospatial data analysis, as well as, key python libraries. The use of these libraries will be shown with some code examples.
About Don Holloway
A veteran of both the music and telecommunications industries, Don Holloway is a member of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, and the Association for Computing Machinery, where he is active in their mobile community. He is also an associate of the Enterprise Systems Center at Lehigh University, where his research has focused on using technology to help create and manage collaborative business communities.
Don has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey, and an MBA from Lehigh University. Don lives with his wife Karen, two dogs, and various combinations of his children, friends, and family at their home in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He is also a proud member of the Osage tribe.