Geospatial Modeling with Python

Sergio Souza Costa — LambdaGEO, UFMA

A practical guide to geographic data science and discrete spatial simulation using the Python ecosystem and the DisSModel framework.

Build the book

pip install -r requirements.txt
mkdocs serve        # preview at http://127.0.0.1:8000
mkdocs build        # build static site to site/
mkdocs gh-deploy    # deploy to GitHub Pages

Structure

docs/
  index.md
  part1/   ch01 … ch05   # Python for Data Science
  part2/   ch06 … ch10   # Geographic Data Science
  part3/   ch11 … ch20   # Discrete Spatial Modeling

PDF version

mkdocs serve
# open http://127.0.0.1:8000/print_page/ in Chrome/Edge
# Ctrl+P → "Save as PDF" → enable "Background graphics"

Citation and license

Cite this book using CITATION.cff (GitHub's "Cite this repository" button) or the DOI on Zenodo. Text, figures and code are released under CC BY 4.0.

Contributing

Each chapter lives on its own branch: chapter/chNN-slug. Open a PR to main when a chapter is ready for review.

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