Katie Richardson
Katie Richardson is a Staff Data Scientist at Blue Yonder, where she currently works on demand forecasting. Before joining Blue Yonder, she was primarily focused on the domain of search, ranking, and recommendation. With a background in Anthropology and several years experience working with geographical data, she's passionate about exploring spatial inequalities using open data. In her free time, she's an avid tap dancer.
Session
When it comes to open geographic data, OpenStreetMap is an awesome resource. Getting started and figuring out how to make the most out of the data available can be challenging.
Using a personal example: frustration at the apparent lack of post offices in my neighborhood, we'll walk through examples of how to parse, filter, process, and visualize geospatial data with Python.
At the end of this talk, you will know how to process geographic data from OpenStreetMap using Python and find out some surprising info that I learned while answering the question: Where have all the post offices gone?