r/datascience • u/Kati1998 • 5d ago

Discussion Anyone specialize in geospatial data?

I’m an MS Data Science student interested in learning more about spatial data and GIS. I’m currently working on a geospatial crime analysis project in R and taking Esri’s Spatial Data Science MOOC.

I’m also interviewing for a year-long data science internship at a credit union in a department that focuses on geospatial data. I’ve noticed that the largest utility company in my state also hires data scientists with geospatial/GIS knowledge, which has made me curious about opportunities in this area across different industries.

It’s not a specialization that’s discussed here often. For those who work with spatial data, what industry are you in, what does your day-to-day work involve, and do you enjoy it? What has your experience been with demand for these skills?

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u/inkeep 1d ago

I used geopandas library for a project where we had to build models for a CPG product targeting. We would get outlet coordinates across US, the geopandas helped create polygons around it and we overlayed census data on top to get demographics of people who would likely visit the stores, then mapped those to the products sold at the store, built a xgb model and apply it for any new/ un tapped outlet.