spa-l2-cairo-shop-knn
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I'm putting together a retail-density readout for a downtown Cairo brief. `cairo_retail` has two layers, `shops` and `anchors`. For each anchor I need the 5 nearest shops with distance in metres and a within-1 km flag, plus a 5x3 distance matrix from those 5 shops to the anchor's 3 closest sibling anchors. The chain names in the source data have inconsistent spellings, so the output should use consistent names: the same `shop_id` always carries the same `normalised_name`, and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling. Tidy the anchor names too.
Please write `market_neighbourhoods.json` as a top-level JSON array with one record per anchor. Each record carries the keys `anchor_id`, `anchor_name_normalised` (non-empty string), `knn` (exactly 5 entries sorted by ascending `distance_m`), and `full_distance_matrix_m` (5 rows by 3 numeric columns; rows follow the knn order, columns correspond to the sibling anchors in distance-ascending order). Each `knn` entry has `shop_id`, `normalised_name`, `distance_m` (finite numeric, in metres), and `within_1km` (boolean, true when `distance_m` is at most 1000).
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System info
{
"adapter": "openrouter",
"model": "google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it",
"base_url": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
}
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ls -F
ls -F
cairo_retail.gpkg
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/work/check_data.py
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import geopandas as gpd
# Load the data
gdf = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg')
# Check the layers and contents
print("Layers in GPKG:", gpd.io.file.list_layers('cairo_retail.gpkg'))
# Let's see the columns for each layer
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
print("\nShops columns:", shops.columns.tolist())
print("Anchors columns:", anchors.columns.tolist())
print("\nFirst few shops:")
print(shops.head())
print("\nFirst few anchors:")
print(anchors.head())
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python /work/check_data.py
python /work/check_data.py
/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyogrio/geopandas.py:382: UserWarning: More than one layer found in 'cairo_retail.gpkg': 'shops' (default), 'anchors'. Specify layer parameter to avoid this warning.
result = read_func(
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/work/check_data.py", line 7, in <module>
print("Layers in GPKG:", gpd.io.file.list_layers('cairo_retail.gpkg'))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'geopandas.io.file' has no attribute 'list_layers'
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/work/check_data.py
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import geopandas as gpd
# Load the data
try:
import fiona
layers = fiona.listlayers('cairo_retail.gpkg')
print("Layers in GPKG:", layers)
except Exception as e:
print("Error listing layers:", e)
# Let's see the columns for each layer
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
print("\nShops columns:", shops.columns.tolist())
print("Anchors columns:", anchors.columns.tolist())
print("\nFirst few shops:")
print(shops.head())
print("\nFirst few anchors:")
print(anchors.head())
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python /work/check_data.py
python /work/check_data.py
Layers in GPKG: ['shops', 'anchors'] Shops columns: ['shop_id', 'raw_name', 'geometry'] Anchors columns: ['anchor_id', 'anchor_name', 'geometry'] First few shops: shop_id raw_name geometry 0 S00001 OSCAR POINT (637478.058 814957.398) 1 S00002 Local Shop 00002 POINT (651773.775 816149.979) 2 S00003 Local Shop 00003 POINT (640341.689 815148.396) 3 S00004 Local Shop 00004 POINT (640225.465 805311.132) 4 S00005 Local Shop 00005 POINT (647199.272 818195.959) First few anchors: anchor_id anchor_name geometry 0 M001 TAHRIR SQUARE PLAZA POINT (635109.343 805565.909) 1 M002 Zamalek Riverside POINT (637039.843 805569.597) 2 M003 Maadi Corniche POINT (638970.345 805573.62) 3 M004 HELIOPOLIS SQUARE POINT (640900.848 805577.981) 4 M005 New Cairo Tagamoa POINT (642831.353 805582.677)
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/work/solve.py
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import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import json
from sklearn.neighbors import BallTree
def solve():
# Load the data
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
# 1. Normalize names
# For shops: group by name (case insensitive, strip whitespace)
# However, the instruction says: "the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name,
# and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling."
# This implies a group-by logic.
def get_canonical_names(df, name_col):
# Strip and upper case for grouping
df['temp_name'] = df[name_col].str.strip().str.upper()
# Use the first occurrence as canonical name for each group
mapping = df.groupby('temp_name')[name_col].first().to_dict()
return df['temp_name'].map(mapping)
# Let's try a more robust normalization:
# A "chain" is identified by the cleaned version of the raw name.
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ""
return " ".join(name.upper().split())
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
anchors['anchor_name_normalised'] = anchors['anchor_name'].apply(clean_name)
# 2. Distance calculation using BallTree (more efficient for spatial lookups)
# Ensure we use a projected CRS for metres. The coordinates look like UTM (600k, 800k).
# Let's check CRS.
if shops.crs is None:
print("Warning: Shops CRS is None. Assuming EPSG:3857 or similar.")
# In reality, we should find the correct CRS. For now, we'll assume it's metric.
# If CRS is not set, let's try to detect or set it if we know it's Cairo.
# Looking at the coordinates (637478, 814957), it's likely a local UTM or similar.
# For the sake of the task, we will proceed assuming the geometry is already in metres.
# Convert geometries to numpy arrays for BallTree
shop_coords = np.array(list(zip(shops.geometry.x, shops.geometry.y)))
anchor_coords = np.array(list(zip(anchors.geometry.x, anchors.geometry.y)))
# KNN for shops (5 nearest for each anchor)
tree_shops = BallTree(shop_coords)
# Query 5 nearest neighbors for each anchor
# k=5
dist_shops, ind_shops = tree_shops.query(anchor_coords, k=5)
# KNN for sibling anchors (3 nearest siblings for each anchor)
# "sibling anchors" usually means anchors excluding itself.
# Since we need 3, we query k=4 and discard the first one (distance 0).
tree_anchors = BallTree(anchor_coords)
dist_siblings, ind_siblings = tree_anchors.query(anchor_coords, k=4)
# 3. Build the result list
results = []
for i in range(len(anchors)):
anchor_id = anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_id']
anchor_name_norm = anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_name_normalised']
# KNN shops
knn_list = []
for d, idx in zip(dist_shops[i], ind_shops[i]):
shop = shops.iloc[idx]
knn_list.append({
"shop_id": str(shop['shop_id']),
"normalised_name": shop['normalised_name'],
"distance_m": float(d),
"within_1km": bool(d <= 1000)
})
# 3 Closest siblings (excluding self)
# dist_siblings[i, 0] is 0 (self). We take indices 1, 2, 3.
sibling_indices = ind_siblings[i, 1:4]
sibling_dists = dist_siblings[i, 1:4]
# Distance matrix (5x3): 5 shops (rows) to 3 sibling anchors (cols)
# rows follow knn order
# columns correspond to sibling anchors in distance-ascending order
matrix = []
for s_idx in range(5):
row = []
shop_coord = shop_coords[ind_shops[i, s_idx]]
for sib_idx in sibling_indices:
sib_coord = anchor_coords[sib_idx]
# Euclidean distance for the matrix (since we are in metric space)
# Or we can use the distance calculated by BallTree if it was just between anchors,
# but we need distance between SHOP and SIBLING ANCHOR.
d_shop_sib = np.linalg.norm(shop_coord - sib_coord)
row.append(float(d_shop_sib))
matrix.append(row)
results.append({
"anchor_id": str(anchor_id),
"anchor_name_normalised": anchor_name_norm,
"knn": knn_list,
"full_distance_matrix_m": matrix
})
# Write output
with open('market_neighbourhoods.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
solve()
Wrote /work/solve.py (4686 chars).
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python /work/solve.py
python /work/solve.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/work/solve.py", line 5, in <module>
from sklearn.neighbors import BallTree
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn'
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/work/solve.py
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import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import json
from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
def solve():
# Load the data
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
# 1. Normalize names
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ""
return " ".join(name.upper().split())
# Requirement: "the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name,
# and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling."
# Let's normalize raw names to find groups.
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
anchors['anchor_name_normalised'] = anchors['anchor_name'].apply(clean_name)
# Group shops by their cleaned name to find a canonical version.
# Using the first occurrence of the raw name for each cleaned name.
canonical_map = shops.groupby('clean_raw')['raw_name'].first().to_dict()
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['clean_raw'].map(lambda x: clean_name(canonical_map[x]))
# 2. Distance calculation using cKDTree (standard in scipy)
shop_coords = np.array(list(zip(shops.geometry.x, shops.geometry.y)))
anchor_coords = np.array(list(zip(anchors.geometry.x, anchors.geometry.y)))
# KNN for shops (5 nearest for each anchor)
tree_shops = cKDTree(shop_coords)
dist_shops, ind_shops = tree_shops.query(anchor_coords, k=5)
# KNN for sibling anchors (3 nearest siblings for each anchor)
tree_anchors = cKDTree(anchor_coords)
# Query k=4 to skip the anchor itself
dist_siblings, ind_siblings = tree_anchors.query(anchor_coords, k=4)
# 3. Build the result list
results = []
for i in range(len(anchors)):
anchor_id = str(anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_id'])
anchor_name_norm = anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_name_normalised']
# KNN shops
knn_list = []
for d, idx in zip(dist_shops[i], ind_shops[i]):
shop = shops.iloc[idx]
knn_list.append({
"shop_id": str(shop['shop_id']),
"normalised_name": shop['normalised_name'],
"distance_m": float(d),
"within_1km": bool(d <= 1000.000001) # floating point buffer
})
# 3 Closest siblings (excluding self)
# index 0 is self, so take 1, 2, 3
sibling_indices = ind_siblings[i, 1:4]
# Distance matrix (5x3): 5 shops (rows) to 3 sibling anchors (cols)
# rows follow knn order
# columns correspond to sibling anchors in distance-ascending order
matrix = []
for s_idx in range(5):
row = []
shop_coord = shop_coords[ind_shops[i, s_idx]]
for sib_idx in sibling_indices:
sib_coord = anchor_coords[sib_idx]
# Distance between shop and sibling anchor
d_shop_sib = np.linalg.norm(shop_coord - sib_coord)
row.append(float(d_shop_sib))
matrix.append(row)
results.append({
"anchor_id": anchor_id,
"anchor_name_normalised": anchor_name_norm,
"knn": knn_list,
"full_distance_matrix_m": matrix
})
# Write output
with open('market_neighbourhoods.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
solve()
Wrote /work/solve.py (3419 chars).
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python /work/solve.py
python /work/solve.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/work/solve.py", line 5, in <module>
from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'scipy'
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/work/solve.py
content · 105 lines · py
import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import json
def solve():
# Load the data
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
# 1. Normalize names
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ""
return " ".join(name.upper().split())
# Requirement: "the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name,
# and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling."
# Let's normalize raw names to find groups.
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
anchors['anchor_name_normalised'] = anchors['anchor_name'].apply(clean_name)
# Group shops by their cleaned name to find a canonical version.
# Using the first occurrence of the raw name for each cleaned name.
# We'll map everything to the cleaned version to be safe, or use first raw name.
# "all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling"
# Let's use the cleaned version itself as the normalized name.
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['clean_raw']
# 2. Distance calculation using manual calculation for simplicity (given size constraints)
# Since we don't have scipy/sklearn, we'll use numpy broadcasting if the size allows,
# or just simple loops for each anchor.
shop_coords = np.array(list(zip(shops.geometry.x, shops.geometry.y)))
anchor_coords = np.array(list(zip(anchors.geometry.x, anchors.geometry.y)))
# Pre-calculate all anchor-to-anchor distances to find siblings
# dist_anchors[i, j] is distance between anchor i and anchor j
diff_anchors = anchor_coords[:, np.newaxis, :] - anchor_coords[np.newaxis, :, :]
dist_anchors_matrix = np.sqrt(np.sum(diff_anchors**2, axis=-1))
# 3. Build the result list
results = []
for i in range(len(anchors)):
anchor_id = str(anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_id'])
anchor_name_norm = anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_name_normalised']
anchor_pos = anchor_coords[i]
# Finding 5 nearest shops for this anchor
diff_shops = shop_coords - anchor_pos
dist_to_shops = np.sqrt(np.sum(diff_shops**2, axis=1))
# Get indices of 5 nearest shops
# argsort is reliable
nearest_shop_indices = np.argsort(dist_to_shops)[:5]
knn_list = []
for idx in nearest_shop_indices:
d = dist_to_shops[idx]
shop = shops.iloc[idx]
knn_list.append({
"shop_id": str(shop['shop_id']),
"normalised_name": shop['normalised_name'],
"distance_m": float(d),
"within_1km": bool(d <= 1000.000001)
})
# Finding 3 closest siblings (excluding self)
# We already have dist_anchors_matrix
# For anchor i, distances to others are dist_anchors_matrix[i]
# We need to ignore the 0 distance to itself
# Set distance to self as infinity so it's not selected in top 3
dist_to_others = dist_anchors_matrix[i].copy()
dist_to_others[i] = np.inf
nearest_sibling_indices = np.argsort(dist_to_others)[:3]
# Distance matrix (5x3): 5 shops (rows) to 3 sibling anchors (cols)
# rows follow knn order
# columns correspond to sibling anchors in distance-ascending order
matrix = []
for s_idx in nearest_shop_indices:
row = []
shop_pos = shop_coords[s_idx]
for sib_idx in nearest_sibling_indices:
sib_pos = anchor_coords[sib_idx]
d_shop_sib = np.linalg.norm(shop_pos - sib_pos)
row.append(float(d_shop_sib))
matrix.append(row)
results.append({
"anchor_id": anchor_id,
"anchor_name_normalised": anchor_name_norm,
"knn": knn_list,
"full_distance_matrix_m": matrix
})
# Write output
with open('market_neighbourhoods.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
solve()
Wrote /work/solve.py (4161 chars).
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python /work/solve.py
python /work/solve.py(no output)
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head -n 20 market_neighbourhoods.json
head -n 20 market_neighbourhoods.json
[
{
"anchor_id": "M001",
"anchor_name_normalised": "TAHRIR SQUARE PLAZA",
"knn": [
{
"shop_id": "S07233",
"normalised_name": "SEOUDI MARKET",
"distance_m": 565.5774729861073,
"within_1km": true
},
{
"shop_id": "S05762",
"normalised_name": "OSCAR GRAND STORES",
"distance_m": 722.3301477157331,
"within_1km": true
},
{
"shop_id": "S08811",
"normalised_name": "SEOUDI SUPERMARKET",
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/work/solve.py
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import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import json
def solve():
# Load the data
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
# 1. Normalize names
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ""
return " ".join(name.upper().split())
# Requirement: "the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name,
# and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling."
# First, create a cleaned version to group by
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
# Determine canonical name for each chain.
# We'll use the first original name (from the input) that corresponds to the cleaned name.
# Let's sort them by shop_id to ensure consistency if we were picking "first".
shops = shops.sort_values('shop_id')
canonical_map = shops.groupby('clean_raw')['raw_name'].first().to_dict()
# Now, the normalized name is the cleaned version of the canonical name.
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['clean_raw'].map(lambda x: clean_name(canonical_map[x]))
# Anchors normalization
anchors['anchor_name_normalised'] = anchors['anchor_name'].apply(clean_name)
# 2. Distance calculation
shop_coords = np.array(list(zip(shops.geometry.x, shops.geometry.y)))
anchor_coords = np.array(list(zip(anchors.geometry.x, anchors.geometry.y)))
# Pre-calculate all anchor-to-anchor distances to find siblings
diff_anchors = anchor_coords[:, np.newaxis, :] - anchor_coords[np.newaxis, :, :]
dist_anchors_matrix = np.sqrt(np.sum(diff_anchors**2, axis=-1))
# 3. Build the result list
results = []
for i in range(len(anchors)):
anchor_id = str(anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_id'])
anchor_name_norm = anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_name_normalised']
anchor_pos = anchor_coords[i]
# Finding 5 nearest shops for this anchor
diff_shops = shop_coords - anchor_pos
dist_to_shops = np.sqrt(np.sum(diff_shops**2, axis=1))
# Get indices of 5 nearest shops
nearest_shop_indices = np.argsort(dist_to_shops)[:5]
knn_list = []
for idx in nearest_shop_indices:
d = dist_to_shops[idx]
shop = shops.iloc[idx]
knn_list.append({
"shop_id": str(shop['shop_id']),
"normalised_name": shop['normalised_name'],
"distance_m": float(d),
"within_1km": bool(d <= 1000.000001)
})
# Finding 3 closest siblings (excluding self)
dist_to_others = dist_anchors_matrix[i].copy()
dist_to_others[i] = np.inf
nearest_sibling_indices = np.argsort(dist_to_others)[:3]
# Distance matrix (5x3): 5 shops (rows) to 3 sibling anchors (cols)
matrix = []
for s_idx in nearest_shop_indices:
row = []
shop_pos = shop_coords[s_idx]
for sib_idx in nearest_sibling_indices:
sib_pos = anchor_coords[sib_idx]
d_shop_sib = np.linalg.norm(shop_pos - sib_pos)
row.append(float(d_shop_sib))
matrix.append(row)
results.append({
"anchor_id": anchor_id,
"anchor_name_normalised": anchor_name_norm,
"knn": knn_list,
"full_distance_matrix_m": matrix
})
# Write output
with open('market_neighbourhoods.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
solve()
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python /work/solve.py
python /work/solve.py(no output)
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head -n 30 market_neighbourhoods.json
head -n 30 market_neighbourhoods.json
[
{
"anchor_id": "M001",
"anchor_name_normalised": "TAHRIR SQUARE PLAZA",
"knn": [
{
"shop_id": "S07233",
"normalised_name": "SEOUDI MARKET",
"distance_m": 565.5774729861073,
"within_1km": true
},
{
"shop_id": "S05762",
"normalised_name": "OSCAR GRAND STORES",
"distance_m": 722.3301477157331,
"within_1km": true
},
{
"shop_id": "S08811",
"normalised_name": "SEOUDI SUPERMARKET",
"distance_m": 851.1481358488758,
"within_1km": true
},
{
"shop_id": "S01722",
"normalised_name": "LOCAL SHOP 01722",
"distance_m": 852.4416831354031,
"within_1km": true
},
{
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# Let's check the number of entries in the json file to ensure it's correct.
# Let's check the number of entries in the json file to ensure it's correct.
python -c "import json; print(len(json.load(open('market_neighbourhoods.json'))))"
100
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# Check how many anchors were in the original file
# Check how many anchors were in the original file
python -c "import geopandas as gpd; print(len(gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')))"
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# Let's verify the spelling normalization requirement for a specific chain.
# Let's verify the spelling normalization requirement for a specific chain.
# I'll write a small script to check if different names in shops belong to the same chain and if they have the same normalised_name.
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ''
return ' '.join(name.upper().split())
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
shops = shops.sort_values('shop_id')
canonical_map = shops.groupby('clean_raw')['raw_name'].first().to_dict()
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['clean_raw'].map(lambda x: clean_name(canonical_map[x]))
# Check for consistency: Do shops with the same 'clean_raw' have the same 'normalised_name'?
# By construction they should.
# Do shops with different 'clean_raw' but similar names (e.g. 'SEOUDI MARKET' and 'SEOUDI SUPERMARKET')
# belong to the same chain?
# The prompt says: 'all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling'
# and 'the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name'.
# My current logic uses 'clean_raw' as the identifier for a chain.
# If 'SEOUDI MARKET' and 'SEOUDI SUPERMARKET' are different chains, my code treats them as such.
# If the requirement implies more fuzzy matching, I'd need a different approach.
# However, 'clean_raw' (strip/upper) is the standard interpretation of 'inconsistent spellings'
# unless fuzzy matching is specified.
print(shops[['shop_id', 'raw_name', 'normalised_name']].head(20))
"
shop_id raw_name normalised_name 0 S00001 OSCAR OSCAR 1 S00002 Local Shop 00002 LOCAL SHOP 00002 2 S00003 Local Shop 00003 LOCAL SHOP 00003 3 S00004 Local Shop 00004 LOCAL SHOP 00004 4 S00005 Local Shop 00005 LOCAL SHOP 00005 5 S00006 مترو مترو 6 S00007 Local Shop 00007 LOCAL SHOP 00007 7 S00008 Carrefour CARREFOUR 8 S00009 Local Shop 00009 LOCAL SHOP 00009 9 S00010 Carrefour CARREFOUR 10 S00011 Local Shop 00011 LOCAL SHOP 00011 11 S00012 سعودي سعودي 12 S00013 Local Shop 00013 LOCAL SHOP 00013 13 S00014 Local Shop 00014 LOCAL SHOP 00014 14 S00015 Local Shop 00015 LOCAL SHOP 00015 15 S00016 Spinneys SPINNEYS 16 S00017 Local Shop 00017 LOCAL SHOP 00017 17 S00018 Local Shop 00018 LOCAL SHOP 00018 18 S00019 Local Shop 00019 LOCAL SHOP 00019 19 S00020 Local Shop 00020 LOCAL SHOP 00020
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python -c "
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
print(shops['raw_name'].unique())
"
<ArrowStringArray> [ 'OSCAR', 'Local Shop 00002', 'Local Shop 00003', 'Local Shop 00004', 'Local Shop 00005', 'مترو', 'Local Shop 00007', 'Carrefour', 'Local Shop 00009', 'Local Shop 00011', ... 'Local Shop 09978', 'Local Shop 09979', 'Local Shop 09982', 'Local Shop 09985', 'Local Shop 09986', 'Local Shop 09989', 'Local Shop 09991', 'Local Shop 09992', 'Local Shop 09997', 'Local Shop 10000'] Length: 5035, dtype: str
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python -c "
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ''
return ' '.join(name.upper().split())
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
# Let's see how many unique clean names there are
print(f'Unique clean names: {shops[\'clean_raw\'].nunique()}')
# Check for 'SEOUDI'
seoudi = shops[shops['clean_raw'].str.contains('SEOUDI', na=False)]
print(f'SEOUDI entries: {len(seoudi)}')
print(seoudi[['raw_name', 'clean_raw']].drop_duplicates())
"
File "<string>", line 11
print(f'Unique clean names: {shops[\'clean_raw\'].nunique()}')
^
SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
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python -c "
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ''
return ' '.join(name.upper().split())
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
print('Unique clean names:', shops['clean_raw'].nunique())
seoudi = shops[shops['clean_raw'].str.contains('SEOUDI', na=False)]
print('SEOUDI entries:', len(seoudi))
print(seoudi[['raw_name', 'clean_raw']].drop_duplicates())
"
Unique clean names: 5031
SEOUDI entries: 475
raw_name clean_raw
25 Seoudi Market SEOUDI MARKET
42 seoudi supermarket SEOUDI SUPERMARKET
61 Seoudi SEOUDI
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python -c "
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ''
return ' '.join(name.upper().split())
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
# Grouping logic to handle the 'Seoudi' cases better?
# The prompt says: 'all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling'
# If SEOUDI, SEOUDI MARKET, and SEOUDI SUPERMARKET are the same chain, I should group them.
# How to detect this? Usually, this is done by checking the first word or using fuzzy matching.
# However, without explicit instructions on how to group 'Seoudi Market' and 'Seoudi',
# the most robust way in a coding challenge is often to look for a common prefix
# or a very high similarity.
# But wait, 'SEOUDI MARKET' and 'SEOUDI SUPERMARKET' are already grouped by 'clean_raw'
# if I use a more aggressive normalization.
# Let's try: use only the first word of the cleaned name for grouping?
# That might be too aggressive (e.g., 'Local Shop 1' and 'Local Shop 2').
# Let's re-read: 'the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name,
# and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling.'
# This is a bit ambiguous. If 'Seoudi Market' and 'Seoudi' are meant to be the same chain,
# my current 'clean_raw' approach treats them as different.
# Let's try a normalization that takes the first word if it's a known chain name? No.
# Let's try normalizing by taking the first two words.
# Or let's look at the 'SEOUDI' results again.
# 25: Seoudi Market -> SEOUDI MARKET
# 42: seoudi supermarket -> SEOUDI SUPERMARKET
# 61: Seoudi -> SEOUDI
# If I use the first word, 'SEOUDI' becomes the canonical name for all.
# But 'Local Shop 00002' and 'Local Shop 00003' would both become 'LOCAL'. That's bad.
# Maybe the instruction implies that if multiple names exist, we should find
# the most frequent one or something.
# Actually, 'all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling'
# might just be a hint to be careful with case and whitespace.
# Let's stick to the current logic as it's the most defensible without more info.
# The 'Seoudi' thing might be a distraction or just testing the normalization.
# Actually, looking at the 'SEOUDI' entries, they are all variations of 'SEOUDI'.
# If I use 'SEOUDI' as the canonical name, it would work.
# Let's see if there are other such cases.
"
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/work/solve.py
content · 124 lines · py
import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import json
def solve():
# Load the data
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
anchors = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='anchors')
# 1. Normalize names
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ""
return " ".join(name.upper().split())
# Requirement: "the same shop_id always carries the same normalised_name,
# and all shops belonging to one chain share a single canonical spelling."
# We need to group names that are "the same chain".
# A common way to do this for retail is to look at the first word
# OR the cleaned version.
# Given the Seoudi example, 'SEOUDI MARKET' and 'SEOUDI' should likely be the same.
# However, 'LOCAL SHOP 00001' and 'LOCAL SHOP 00002' should NOT be the same.
# Let's use a logic: if the cleaned names share the same first word
# AND that word is not 'LOCAL', 'THE', 'A', etc., they might be the same.
# But that's too complex and risky.
# Let's try a different approach:
# Create 'clean_raw' as the baseline.
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
# To handle 'SEOUDI' vs 'SEOUDI MARKET', we can group by the first word
# but only if the word is not 'LOCAL' or 'SHOP'.
def get_chain_id(name):
parts = name.split()
if not parts: return ""
first_word = parts[0]
# If it's a generic word, the chain id is the whole name
if first_word in ['LOCAL', 'SHOP', 'THE', 'A', 'AN']:
return name
return first_word
shops['chain_id'] = shops['clean_raw'].apply(get_chain_id)
# Now, for each chain_id, pick a canonical name.
# We'll pick the most frequent 'clean_raw' within that chain_id.
def get_canonical(group):
return group['clean_raw'].value_counts().idxmax()
canonical_map = shops.groupby('chain_id').apply(get_canonical).to_dict()
# Mapping the chain_id to the canonical clean_raw
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['chain_id'].map(canonical_map)
# Anchors normalization
anchors['anchor_name_normalised'] = anchors['anchor_name'].apply(clean_name)
# 2. Distance calculation
shop_coords = np.array(list(zip(shops.geometry.x, shops.geometry.y)))
anchor_coords = np.array(list(zip(anchors.geometry.x, anchors.geometry.y)))
# Pre-calculate all anchor-to-anchor distances to find siblings
diff_anchors = anchor_coords[:, np.newaxis, :] - anchor_coords[np.newaxis, :, :]
dist_anchors_matrix = np.sqrt(np.sum(diff_anchors**2, axis=-1))
# 3. Build the result list
results = []
for i in range(len(anchors)):
anchor_id = str(anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_id'])
anchor_name_norm = anchors.iloc[i]['anchor_name_normalised']
anchor_pos = anchor_coords[i]
# Finding 5 nearest shops for this anchor
diff_shops = shop_coords - anchor_pos
dist_to_shops = np.sqrt(np.sum(diff_shops**2, axis=1))
# Get indices of 5 nearest shops
nearest_shop_indices = np.argsort(dist_to_shops)[:5]
knn_list = []
for idx in nearest_shop_indices:
d = dist_to_shops[idx]
shop = shops.iloc[idx]
knn_list.append({
"shop_id": str(shop['shop_id']),
"normalised_name": shop['normalised_name'],
"distance_m": float(d),
"within_1km": bool(d <= 1000.000001)
})
# Finding 3 closest siblings (excluding self)
dist_to_others = dist_anchors_matrix[i].copy()
dist_to_others[i] = np.inf
nearest_sibling_indices = np.argsort(dist_to_others)[:3]
# Distance matrix (5x3): 5 shops (rows) to 3 sibling anchors (cols)
# rows follow knn order
# columns correspond to sibling anchors in distance-ascending order
matrix = []
for s_idx in nearest_shop_indices:
row = []
shop_pos = shop_coords[s_idx]
for sib_idx in nearest_sibling_indices:
sib_pos = anchor_coords[sib_idx]
d_shop_sib = np.linalg.norm(shop_pos - sib_pos)
row.append(float(d_shop_sib))
matrix.append(row)
results.append({
"anchor_id": anchor_id,
"anchor_name_normalised": anchor_name_norm,
"knn": knn_list,
"full_distance_matrix_m": matrix
})
# Write output
with open('market_neighbourhoods.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
solve()
Wrote /work/solve.py (4694 chars).
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# Check if SEOUDI entries are now unified
# Check if SEOUDI entries are now unified
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ''
return ' '.join(name.upper().split())
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
def get_chain_id(name):
parts = name.split()
if not parts: return ''
first_word = parts[0]
if first_word in ['LOCAL', 'SHOP', 'THE', 'A', 'AN']:
return name
return first_word
shops['chain_id'] = shops['clean_raw'].apply(get_chain_id)
canonical_map = shops.groupby('chain_id').apply(lambda x: x['clean_raw'].value_counts().idxmax()).to_dict()
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['chain_id'].map(canonical_map)
seoudi = shops[shops['clean_raw'].str.contains('SEOUDI', na=False)]
print(seoudi[['raw_name', 'normalised_name']].drop_duplicates())
"
raw_name normalised_name 25 Seoudi Market SEOUDI 42 seoudi supermarket SEOUDI 61 Seoudi SEOUDI
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# Check if 'Local Shop' is still split correctly
# Check if 'Local Shop' is still split correctly
python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
shops = gpd.read_file('cairo_retail.gpkg', layer='shops')
def clean_name(name):
if not name: return ''
return ' '.join(name.upper().split())
shops['clean_raw'] = shops['raw_name'].apply(clean_name)
def get_chain_id(name):
parts = name.split()
if not parts: return ''
first_word = parts[0]
if first_word in ['LOCAL', 'SHOP', 'THE', 'A', 'AN']:
return name
return first_word
shops['chain_id'] = shops['clean_raw'].apply(get_chain_id)
canonical_map = shops.groupby('chain_id').apply(lambda x: x['clean_raw'].value_counts().idxmax()).to_dict()
shops['normalised_name'] = shops['chain_id'].map(canonical_map)
local_shops = shops[shops['clean_raw'].str.contains('LOCAL SHOP', na=False)]
print(local_shops[['raw_name', 'normalised_name']].drop_duplicates())
"
raw_name normalised_name 1 Local Shop 00002 LOCAL SHOP 00002 2 Local Shop 00003 LOCAL SHOP 00003 3 Local Shop 00004 LOCAL SHOP 00004 4 Local Shop 00005 LOCAL SHOP 00005 6 Local Shop 00007 LOCAL SHOP 00007 ... ... ... 9988 Local Shop 09989 LOCAL SHOP 09989 9990 Local Shop 09991 LOCAL SHOP 09991 9991 Local Shop 09992 LOCAL SHOP 09992 9996 Local Shop 09997 LOCAL SHOP 09997 9999 Local Shop 10000 LOCAL SHOP 10000 [5003 rows x 2 columns]
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# The current solve.py looks good. It handles the normalization by grouping by t...
# The current solve.py looks good. It handles the normalization by grouping by the first word
# (unless it's generic) and picks the most frequent name in that group.
# This correctly unified 'SEOUDI' and its variations while keeping 'Local Shop X' unique.
# Let's do a final check on the output format.
python -c "import json; data=json.load(open('market_neighbourhoods.json')); print(f'Keys in first record: {data[0].keys()}'); print(f'KNN length: {len(data[0][\'knn\'])}'); print(f'Matrix shape: {len(data[0][\'full_distance_matrix_m\'])}, {len(data[0][\'full_distance_matrix_m\'][0])}')"
File "<string>", line 1
import json; data=json.load(open('market_neighbourhoods.json')); print(f'Keys in first record: {data[0].keys()}'); print(f'KNN length: {len(data[0][\'knn\'])}'); print(f'Matrix shape: {len(data[0][\'full_distance_matrix_m\'])}, {len(data[0][\'full_distance_matrix_m\'][0])}')
^
SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
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python -c "import json; data=json.load(open('market_neighbourhoods.json')); prin...
python -c "import json; data=json.load(open('market_neighbourhoods.json')); print('Keys:', data[0].keys()); print('KNN len:', len(data[0]['knn'])); print('Matrix rows:', len(data[0]['full_distance_matrix_m'])); print('Matrix cols:', len(data[0]['full_distance_matrix_m'][0]))"
Keys: dict_keys(['anchor_id', 'anchor_name_normalised', 'knn', 'full_distance_matrix_m']) KNN len: 5 Matrix rows: 5 Matrix cols: 3
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