Plot a route as a web map with folium

Use OSMnx to download a street network, calculate a route between two points, then create a web map.

Overview of OSMnx
GitHub repo
Examples, demos, tutorials



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import osmnx as ox, networkx as nx
from IPython.display import IFrame
ox.config(log_console=True, use_cache=True)



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G = ox.graph_from_place('Piedmont, California, USA', network_type='drive')



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# use networkx to calculate the shortest path between two nodes
origin_node = list(G.nodes())[0]
destination_node = list(G.nodes())[-1]
route = nx.shortest_path(G, origin_node, destination_node)



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# plot the route with folium
route_map = ox.plot_route_folium(G, route)



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# save as html file then display map as an iframe
filepath = 'data/route.html'
route_map.save(filepath)
IFrame(filepath, width=600, height=500)









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