Andy Eschbacher • Mar 2, 2015

CartoDB + Plotly + IPython Notebooks

CartoDB, Plotly, and IPython notebooks work beautifully together. The plot above was made on Plotly from data imported into an IPython notebook using the CartoDB SQL API.

Plotly is a cloud-based graphing and analytics platform with Python, R, & MATLAB APIs where collaboration is easy. Using Plotly with CartoDB’s SQL API leads to endless possibilities.

Together with Matt Sundquist at Plotly, I’ve made an IPython notebook that allows the following data flow: CartoDB’s SQL API → Python pandas dataframe → beautiful plotly plots. Because of IPython’s rich display system, you can also easily embed your CartoDB maps into IPython notebooks.

Head over to Plotly’s website to see the notebook that Matt and I made.

We’re excited by how easily CartoDB and Plotly work together. Watch this space for more experiments between the CartoDB and Plotly teams.

Happy Mapping and Graphing!

About the author

Andy is a mathematical physicist by training who has spent the last few years trying to excite young people about science. He has been fascinated by maps since he was a boy. When not solving math problems or coding, you can find Andy drinking coffee, bike camping, or hiking.

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