python-visualization/folium

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Folium is a Python library that makes it easy to visualize geospatial data on interactive Leaflet.js maps. Users manipulate data in Python (pandas, GeoJSON) and render it as rich, interactive HTML maps with markers, choropleths, and tile layers.

Use cases

• plot points on an interactive map from a pandas dataframe
• create a choropleth map of country statistics
• visualize geo data in a jupyter notebook
• embed an interactive map in a streamlit app
• add markers and popups to a leaflet map from python
• render large geo feature collections on a map

When to choose

• you want interactive slippy maps driven by Python data
• you work in Jupyter notebooks or data-science pipelines with geospatial data
• you want Leaflet.js features without writing JavaScript

When to avoid

• you need static publication-quality maps (use matplotlib/cartopy or geopandas plotting)
• you need a full GIS application or heavy 3D globe rendering
• you are building a non-Python JavaScript mapping app directly

Facets

library · maturity stable

data-visualization geospatial charts data-visualization data-science python cross-platform leaflet maps interactive-maps jupyter geo geospatial

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