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Shapefiles for choropleth map #66

Closed callumrollo closed 4 years ago

callumrollo commented 4 years ago

What is the Task

Dataset of county boundary shape files

Why do we want to do this

To make a choropleth map (see Issue #47 )

How can I get started?

Grab the counties shapefiles from here or another source you find.

Definition of Done

Save shapefiles in a format usable in the map from Issue #47 and a reasonable size

callumrollo commented 4 years ago

Using geopandas to read the files, I get a csv that is ~ 200 Mb. Shapefiles are pretty high resolution. If we simplify boundaries (removing points) county boundaries will no longer perfectly align. This may or may not be an issue.

@banjtheman what is an appropriate size for the shapefiles?

callumrollo commented 4 years ago

Here's what I've got so far. Options for 200 Mb, 10 Mb and 2Mb

banjtheman commented 4 years ago

Start with the 2 Mb one for now and see how that goes