remove starbucks locations outside la county

remove_outside_stores.py

#open up the LA Geojson
with open('laMap.json') as f:
    laArea = json.load(f)
    
#convert the MultiPolygon part of the LA Geojson into a shapely Polygon object for easier inclusiveness checking
laPolygon = Polygon(laArea['features'][0]['geometry']['coordinates'][0][0])

#keep store if and only if it is within the LA polygon
keepLAStores = []
for store in laStores:
    #geojson needs (long, lat) format instead of (lat, long)
    #convert the (long, lat) pair into a shapely Point object
    point = Point(float(store[3]), float(store[2]))
    if laPolygon.contains(point):
        keepLAStores.append(store)