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I created a global forest map showing how forests vary by climate zone - Added twist, 90% of the code + the following post was generated by Claude. 1/4 #Python #GIS #DataViz #Cartography #Forests

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4 Jan

How it was made: Started with Hansen et al. global forest cover raster (% tree cover per pixel) Loaded climate zone shapefile with boreal, temperate, subtropical & tropical regions Masked the forest raster with each climate zone to extract forest cover for that zone only 2/4

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Assigned distinct colormaps: Blues (boreal), Oranges (temperate), PuRd (subtropical), Greens (tropical) Overlaid all four masked layers to show global forest distribution by climate type 3/4

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PythonMaps

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4 Jan

The overlapping colors reveal where different forest biomes meet across the planet. Built with Python (GeoPandas, Rasterio, Matplotlib) Data: Hansen et al. Science 2013 4/4