Recommendations sought for using Python to plot points/custom markers (and maybe other things?) on a map of an area of the U.S. of maybe 100 miles radius. (This would be a "political" map showing towns, such as from Google Maps or Mapquest, and not a "physical" map). I'll need to place markers or something based on zip codes.
I see there is pymaps, a Python wrapper for Google Maps. I may try that but it seems to be barely documented and would require making a webpage with javascript to display the map, whereas I'd probably prefer a desktop app for this--though I'd consider a web page (it's probably easier than I think). I already use Matplotlib, but its Basemap seems to be only for physical geography needs. Are there other options one might recommend? (It is a little hard to Google for this given the map() function). Thanks, Che -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list