---
layout:     post
title:      Finnish primary and lower secondary schools on a map
description: "I wanted to see what the Finnish primary and lower secondary school network (grades 1-9) looks like on a map. This is the result."
keywords:   "finland,education,primary school,junior high school,lower secondary school,PISA,map,school network,nordic,nordics"
date:       2016-01-28 19:00:00
header-img: 2016-01-28.jpg
header-img-mobile: 2016-01-28_mobile.jpg
light-heading: true
category:   programming
---

I utilized Google Maps, [Python](https://xkcd.com/353/) and standard webdesign frontend technologies to plot Finland's primary and lower secondary schools (grades 1-9) on a map:

[![Finnish primary and lower secondary schools on a map](/img/finnish-primary-and-lower-secondary-schools.jpg)](/img/finnish-primary-and-lower-secondary-schools.jpg)

What partially surprised me was how many schools there are in the archipelago region between Turku and the Åland Islans (bottom-left / south-western part of the map).

The map acts sort of as a population density indicator as well.

What do you think? Please leave your comments/questions below :)

---
layout:     post
title:      Finnish primary and lower secondary schools on a map
description: "I wanted to see what the Finnish primary and lower secondary school network (grades 1-9) looks like on a map. This is the result."
keywords:   "finland,education,primary school,junior high school,lower secondary school,PISA,map,school network,nordic,nordics"
date:       2016-01-28 19:00:00
header-img: 2016-01-28.jpg
header-img-mobile: 2016-01-28_mobile.jpg
light-heading: true
category:   programming
colorbox:   true
---

I utilized Google Maps, [Python](https://xkcd.com/353/) and standard webdesign frontend technologies to plot Finnish primary and lower secondary schools (grades 1-9) on a map:

<a href="/img/finnish-primary-and-lower-secondary-schools.jpg" class="colorbox"><img src="/img/finnish-primary-and-lower-secondary-schools.jpg" alt="Finnish primary and lower secondary schools on a map"></a>

What partially surprised me was how many schools there are in the archipelago region between Turku and the Åland Islans (bottom-left / south-western part of the map).

The map acts sort of as a population density indicator as well.

What do you think? Please leave your comments/questions below :)


Make latest post use Colorbox for map image
Make latest post use Colorbox for map image
