pysal / geopyter

GeoPyTeR: Geographical Python Teaching Resource
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Providing data and trying to set expectations in the README #6

Closed jreades closed 8 years ago

jreades commented 8 years ago

This should provide enough of a 'template' for us to start thinking about/working on a parser. It also sets up a few expectations of how other atoms might be structured and written up, and what level of control might be exerted by a Benevolent Dictator in charge of an atom.

Since the purpose of this resource is teaching I feel pretty strongly (BD!) that we should try to minimise the number of data sets used within each atom so that learners develop an understanding of the data and how the code is interacting with it. I always hated those "Here's a data set about irises to illustrate a point and then we'll look at sickness data from a research study to illustrate a different point" classes.