Getting geospatial coordinates with GeoPy

Geopy's Geocode extract the coordinates.ipynb

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    "# https://geopy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/\n",
    "from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim\n",
    "geolocator = Nominatim(user_agent=\"sample app\")"
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   "source": [
    "data = geolocator.geocode(\"1 Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA\")"
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   "source": [
    "Extracting the data from the raw response can be tidious, because each provider return different data struture"
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       "('37.3337572', '-122.0113815')"
      ]
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   "source": [
    "data.raw.get(\"lat\"), data.raw.get(\"lon\")"
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   "source": [
    "using the `.point`, `.point.latitude` and `.point.longitude` makes it easy no matter what provider you are asking. The third tribute is altitude."
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
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   "outputs": [
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     "data": {
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       "Point(37.3337572, -122.0113815, 0.0)"
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    "data.point"
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   "outputs": [
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   "source": [
    "data.point.latitude, data.point.longitude"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "`.reverse` helps you find the address based on the geolocation"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
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   "outputs": [
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     "data": {
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       "Location(Apple Park, 1, Apple Park Way, Monta Vista, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California, 94087, United States of America, (37.3348469, -122.01139215737962, 0.0))"
      ]
     },
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   ],
   "source": [
    "geolocator.reverse('37.3337572, -122.0113815')"
   ]
  }
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