As part of the effort to encourage data-journalism and informed activism, the city of Los Angeles partnered with Socrata to share public data on registered local businesses.
https://data.lacity.org/A-Prosperous-City/Listing-of-Active-Businesses/
This notebook is an attempt to show how the toolkit from the Python stack can be used for a real world data analysis, allowing an LA neighborhood resident to learn more about their community. In this example, we will be building a map of businesses and associated registration and purpose information into a browsable map.
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