Can be used to download geodata from the GISCO API.

Installation

Unreleased version

git clone https://github.com/alecsandrei/gisco-geodata.git
cd gisco-geodata
python3 -m pip install .

PyPI

pip install gisco-geodata

Requirements

• httpx
• async-cache
• Python >= 3.9
• Optional: GeoPandas

Examples

Also check the examples folder.

import os
from pathlib import Path

from gisco_geodata import (
    NUTS,
    Countries,
    set_httpx_args,
    set_semaphore_value
)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    out_dir = Path(
        os.path.normpath(os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop"))
    )  # Desktop path

    set_httpx_args(verify=False)  # prevents SSLError in my case
    set_semaphore_value(20) # the maximum number of asynchronous API calls

    nuts = NUTS()

    nuts.download(
        file_format='shp',
        year='2021',
        spatial_type='BN',
        scale='60M',
        projection='4326',
        nuts_level='LEVL_3',
        out_dir=out_dir,
    )

    # Equivalent to the above
    datasets = nuts.get_datasets()
    datasets[-1].download(
        file_format='shp',
        spatial_type='BN',
        scale='60M',
        projection='4326',
        nuts_level='LEVL_3',
        out_dir=out_dir,
    )

    # Retrieve Country information as Polygons
    countries = Countries()

    # If you have geopandas installed, this will be a GDF.
    gdf = countries.get(
        countries=['RO', 'IT'],
        spatial_type='RG',
    )
    if not isinstance(gdf, list):
        print(gdf.head(5))
    else:
        print(gdf)

You can also use it with the eurostat python package.

"""To use this script you will need to also install the 'eurostat' and the 'mapclassify' packages."""

"""
To use this script you will need to also install the following packages
    - eurostat
    - geopandas
    - mapclassify
"""

import geopandas as gpd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from eurostat import get_data_df, get_toc_df, set_requests_args

from gisco_geodata import NUTS, set_httpx_args


def get_plot():
    set_httpx_args(verify=False)
    set_requests_args(verify=False)

    # Get the geometries from the gisco service.
    nuts = NUTS()
    level_2 = nuts.get(spatial_type='RG', nuts_level='LEVL_2')
    assert isinstance(level_2, gpd.GeoDataFrame)

    # Get the dataset information.
    eurostat_database = get_toc_df()
    title, code = eurostat_database.loc[
        eurostat_database['title']
        == 'Unemployment by sex, age, educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region (1 000)',
        ['title', 'code'],
    ].iloc[0]
    dataset = get_data_df(code)
    assert dataset is not None

    # Preprocess the dataset.
    dataset = dataset.loc[
        (dataset['isced11'] == 'TOTAL') & (dataset['sex'] == 'T')
    ]  # total unemployment rate
    # Join with the geometries.
    dataset = level_2.merge(
        dataset, left_on='NUTS_ID', right_on=r'geo\TIME_PERIOD'
    )
    assert isinstance(dataset, gpd.GeoDataFrame)

    # Plot.
    dataset.plot(
        column='2023', scheme='NaturalBreaks', legend=True, edgecolor='black'
    )
    plt.title(title, fontdict={'size': 15, 'wrap': True})
    plt.xlim(-25, 47)
    plt.ylim(30, 75)
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    get_plot()

Disclaimer

This plugin, Eurostat Downloader, is an independent project created by Cuvuliuc Alex-Andrei. It is not an official product of Eurostat, and Cuvuliuc Alex-Andrei is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Eurostat or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.

Copyright notice

Before using this package, please read the information provided by Eurostat.