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Harry Munro

Building virtual worlds to help improve our own.

Mar 8, 2024

Simulating a Car Driving Across London in 20 Lines of Python

Ever thought you could mimic a car's jaunt across London without leaving your desk or touching a steering wheel? With the magic of Python (magic being a not so subtle theme of this blog post) and a few clever libraries, we're about to embark on a vir...

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#transport-planning #python #simulation

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Elliot

Founder of Little Green Man and Professional Pointers. Director for public transport and engineering projects.

Mar 12, 2024

I've never used Python directly, only orbited around it. Great writing Harry, and a useful thing to try and do - so I'll be giving this a go later! Thanks!

Quick note, where do I get a wizard's hat?

Good stuff Elliot! I'm actually drafting an article on why engineers and scientists should learn python which will have some getting started links. This is a good one to start though: datacamp.com/tutorial/running-a-python-script

Give me a shout if you need any help.

And the wizards hat - Kings Cross, take the train from platform 9 and 3/4 and you'll find it at the next stop :)

Harry Munro

Building virtual worlds to help improve our own.

Mar 12, 2024