README.md

ideal-vacation-by-weather-predictor

About What's the Weather Like

What's the Weather Like is a Python data analytics challenge consisting of two parts:

1. WeatherPy pulls (Open Weather API, Google Geocode API), filters, and graphs world weather data to discover underlying trends with latitude vs. weather.
2. VacationPy filters for cities based on predefined "ideal" weather conditions, visualizes a heatmap using GMaps, and queries and plots the nearest hotels to said cities.

Built with

• Python
  • Pandas
  • Matplotlib
  • Citipy
  • Gmaps
• APIs
  • Open Weather API
  • Google Geocode API
  • Google Places/Maps API

Technical Skills

• API request, response storing
• Cleaning, sorting, filtering
• Plotting and subplotting (scatter, line, gmaps marker, gmaps heatmap)
• Linear regression

Qualitative Skills

• Synthesizing results for tentative conclusions
• Acknowledging potential pitfalls with results and techniques

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