Plotting Trajectory Data Using Moving Pandas

Moving Data Analysis Made Easy

Shyam Sundar
4 min readOct 27, 2022
Source: movingpandas github

Here I am once again exploring another library called the movingpandas. The use of small letters and no space is deliberate because it is called so.

What is moving pandas?

A simple explanation would be exploiting moving data such as trajectories that are spread spatially and temporally. This data is stored generally in CSV format.

Then why pandas? Because Pandas is the infamous python module that is adept at handling data in the form of tables also called dataframe. More about Pandas here.

So, moving pandas deals with trajectory and any type of moving data that is organized in the form of a table or a dataframe.

If you are not satisfied with my explanation or if your curiosity has no end, please refer to the paper by the creator of moving pandas.

Installing moving pandas

How do you start?

>>> pip install movingpandas

As simple as that. But what’s next?

Error! Error! Error! That’s just another day in programming. Well, it's never wise to freak out. There’s google. So, you’re never lost.

ERROR: Could not build wheels for…

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Shyam Sundar

Always lost in amazing ideas. Engineer turned Data Scientist.