kaartmaker 0.1.1

world map making tool based on votes

Kaartmaker

Make world and regional labeled maps based on voting. Most commonly used for representing UN General Assembly votes.

kaartmaker -C ./kaartmaker/datasets/UN_general_assembly/russia_ceasefire/world_ukraine_votes.csv -t "UNGA vote on ceasefire in Ukraine" -s "gadebate.un.org"

kaartmaker -C ./kaartmaker/datasets/UN_general_assembly/israel_ceasefire/world_palestine_votes.csv -t "UNGA on Ceasefire in Gaza" -s "gadebate.un.org" -r world

kaartmaker -C ./kaartmaker/datasets/UN_general_assembly/israel_ceasefire/world_palestine_votes.csv -t "UNGA on Ceasefire in Gaza" -s "gadebate.un.org" -r europe

kaartmaker -C ./kaartmaker/datasets/UN_general_assembly/russia_ceasefire/world_ukraine_votes.csv -t "UNGA vote on ceasefire in Ukraine" -s "gadebate.un.org" -r europe

If you'd like to see more examples, please check them out here.

Secondary features

• Generate geojson files for specific regions :)

• Colors are colorblind friendly, selected from here can also be reversed

Installation

Make sure you have at least Python 3.12 and poetry installed, then you can do:

# install kaartmaker
poetry install
# open a virtual env 
poetry shell

How To

kaartmaker --help

Donwload your geojson data

Maps (sovereignty, units, subunits, and disputed areas) can be downloaded from: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details/

You can also download geojson files with the download_geojson.sh script in this repo.

Using a comma separated list (CSV) file

To use kaartmaker, you'll need to provide a CSV file with columns called NAME_EN and VOTE. Valid votes are YES|NO or AGAINST|ABSTENTION|IN FAVOR Example when documenting :

NAME_EN,VOTE
Brazil,IN FAVOR
Czechia,AGAINST
Germany,ABSTENTION

status

Mostly stable, but happy to take a look at Issues and Pull Requests :)