• #495: OSMnx: Python and OpenStreetMap

  • Feb 24 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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#495: OSMnx: Python and OpenStreetMap

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  • On this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Jeff Boeing, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California whose research spans urban planning, spatial analysis, and data science. We explore why OpenStreetMap is such a powerful source of global map data—and how Jeff’s Python library, OSMnx, makes that data easier to download, model, and visualize. Along the way, we talk about what shapes city streets around the world, how urban design influences everything from daily commutes to disaster resilience, and why turning open data into accessible tools can open up completely new ways of understanding our cities. If you’ve ever wondered how to build or analyze your own digital maps in Python, or what it takes to manage a project that transforms raw geographic data into meaningful research, you won’t want to miss this conversation. Episode sponsors Posit Podcast Later Talk Python Courses Links from the show City Street Orientations World: geoffboeing.com OSMnx Documentation: readthedocs.io OSMnx GitHub: github.com OpenStreetMap: openstreetmap.org Open Database License: opendatacommons.org ID Editor (Web Editor): wiki.openstreetmap.org Planet OSM: planet.openstreetmap.org Overpass API: wiki.openstreetmap.org GeoPandas: geopandas.org NetworkX: networkx.org Shapely: shapely.readthedocs.io Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to Talk Python on YouTube: youtube.com Talk Python on Bluesky: @talkpython.fm at bsky.app Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Michael on Bluesky: @mkennedy.codes at bsky.app Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
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