This is a fun example of how to use Shapely to solve geographical problems. On this article I show how to cover a polygon with circles in a hexagonal pattern.

When working with remote sensing, it is very common to save time data in a single timezone (usually UTC), this article shows how to convert that into local time based on the provided coordinates.

Sometimes when dealing with coordinates, you may need to work in meters instead of degrees, but, since we don’t live in a flat earth, the calculation is not trivial. Thankfully, there are tools to help with the conversions.

Use OpenStreetMap as your repository of geometries, and export them in the more convenient GeoJSON format. This technique only works with geometries with area (Polygon and MultiPolygon), points and lines break the exporting tool used here.