Some geospatial utility functions for mapping the Russian invasion of Ukraine

geoint-utils.py

def create_osm_webmap():
    """Creates a simple web map using the OSM basemap."""
    webmap = WebMap()
    webmap.basemap = 'osm'
    return webmap

def create_events_renderer():
    """Creates a simple renderer representing events as areas of interests."""
    renderer = generate_simple(geometry_type='Polygon', colors=[171, 31, 42, 191])
    renderer_outline = {
        'type': 'esriSLS',
        'color': [0, 0, 0, 191],
        'width': 0.75,
        'style': 'esriSLSSolid'
    }
    renderer['symbol']['outline'] = renderer_outline
    return renderer

def create_aggregated_renderer(spatial_df, field = 'count'):
    """Create a class-breaks renderer representing aggregated events as hexagonal spatial bins."""
    renderer = generate_classbreaks(sdf_or_series=spatial_df, geometry='Polygon', colors='OrRd', field=field)
    return renderer

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