TidyTuesday Week 29: British Library Funding

This week we’re looking into British Library funding!

TidyTuesday
Data Visualization
Python
2025
Author

Peter Gray

Published

July 15, 2025

::: #### 1. Python code

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import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import folium

mta_art = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/main/data/2025/2025-07-22/mta_art.csv')
station_lines = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/main/data/2025/2025-07-22/station_lines.csv')

# Extra to get the Long and LAt of NY MTA

station_locations = pd.read_csv("https://data.ny.gov/resource/39hk-dx4f.csv?$query=SELECT%20gtfs_stop_id%2C%20station_id%2C%20complex_id%2C%20division%2C%20line%2C%20stop_name%2C%20borough%2C%20cbd%2C%20daytime_routes%2C%20structure%2C%20gtfs_latitude%2C%20gtfs_longitude%2C%20north_direction_label%2C%20south_direction_label%2C%20ada%2C%20ada_northbound%2C%20ada_southbound%2C%20ada_notes%2C%20georeference")


station_locations = station_locations[["stop_name", "gtfs_longitude", "gtfs_latitude"]]
station_locations = station_locations.rename(columns={"stop_name": "station_name", "gtfs_longitude": "longitude", "gtfs_latitude": "latitude"})

master = mta_art.merge(station_locations, on="station_name", how="left")


center_lat = master['latitude'].mean()
center_lon = master['longitude'].mean()


m = folium.Map(location=[center_lat, center_lon], zoom_start=12)

for _, row in master.iterrows():
    lat = row['latitude']
    lon = row['longitude']
    station = row['station_name']
    artwork = row.get('art_title', 'No artwork info')
    art_link = row.get('art_image_link', None)

    if pd.notnull(lat) and pd.notnull(lon):
        if pd.notnull(art_link):
            link_html = f'<a href="{art_link}" target="_blank">View Artwork</a>'
        else:
            link_html = "No image link available"

        popup_html = folium.Popup(
            f"""
            <b>Station:</b> {station}<br>
            <b>Artwork:</b> {artwork}<br>
            <b>Link:</b> {link_html}
            """,
            max_width=300
        )

        folium.Marker(
            location=[lat, lon],
            tooltip=f"Station: {station}\nArtwork: {artwork}",  # simpler tooltip for hover
            popup=popup_html,
            icon=folium.Icon(color='blue', icon='info-sign')
        ).add_to(m)

m
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