Nighttime Lights Trends in Egypt#
The purpose of this notebook is to conduct an examination of the spatial and temporal distribution of lights during the night in Egypt. The dataset utilized is derived from NASA’s Black Marble.
Data#
Region of Interest#
Define region of interest for which we want to download nighttime lights data. Country borders or names do not necessarily reflect the World Bank Group’s official position. This map is for illustrative purposes and does not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the World Bank, concerning the legal status of any country or territory or concerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries.
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EGY = geopandas.read_file(
"../../data/shapefiles/egy_admbnda_adm1_capmas_20170421/egy_admbnda_adm1_capmas_20170421.shp"
)
EGY.explore()
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