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Locations of US Airports | |
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This is a layered geographic visualization that shows the positions of US | |
airports on a background of US states. | |
""" | |
# category: case studies | |
import altair as alt | |
from vega_datasets import data | |
airports = data.airports() | |
states = alt.topo_feature(data.us_10m.url, feature='states') | |
# US states background | |
background = alt.Chart(states).mark_geoshape( | |
fill='lightgray', | |
stroke='white' | |
).properties( | |
width=500, | |
height=300 | |
).project('albersUsa') | |
# airport positions on background | |
points = alt.Chart(airports).mark_circle( | |
size=10, | |
color='steelblue' | |
).encode( | |
longitude='longitude:Q', | |
latitude='latitude:Q', | |
tooltip=['name', 'city', 'state'] | |
) | |
background + points | |