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Visualize shapefile in Python

I was searching the internet to see if it is possible to visualize geographical data in Python, without always opening ArcGIS and make a map (because I have a lot of scripts that uses arcpy). On the ...
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automate color palette generation?

I frequently am in need of color gradients that aren't readily available through ArcGIS or the ColorBrewer add-in. I find the process of manually creating gradients in Arc very tedious: saved custom ...
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How to visualize azimuthal data with uncertainties?

I am trying to make a figure showing azimuthal data with a different range of uncertainties at each point. This oldschool figure from a 1991 paper captures the "bowtie plot" idea that I'm aiming for: ...
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Visualization of satellite image - directly in python

Is there any way (a package or what not), to visualize a geotiff image directly in Python? I don't want to use ENVI or ArcGIS or anything else. Thank you in advance.
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How to implement value-by-alpha map in GIS?

I've been doing some background reading about cartograms recently and stumbled upon interesting alternative - value-by-alpha maps. Concept is described in more details here and full paper is ...