How to load GeoJson file properly?

Question

I have a geojson file of Moscow districts that is avaliable at

So, I can't load it properly.

These ideas does not help:

I tried to create a map and then add a layer on it.

 import folium

m = folium.Map(location = [55.7522200,37.6156000], zoom_start_13)

folium.GeoJson(open('mo.geojson')).add_to(m)'

this does not work

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '19 at 12:08

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Try folium.GeoJson(open('mo.geojson').read()).add_to(m)

This reads the contents of the file and passes the string to folium.

answered Jul 16 '19 at 12:08

rettenda

Got this error: `UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x98 in position 907334: character maps to ` So, I have added `encoding - 'utf-8'` parameter, now it works. Thanks A lot!!! – nutcracker Jul 16 '19 at 12:11

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