Mapping Data with Python - a beginners' course

Maps are a great visual tool. We all collect spatial data - holiday destinations, favourite places, areas of interest. But paper maps are limited, and the tools to plot digital maps on a computer can seem daunting. Do you have data that you would like to show on a map but you don't know how to? Or would you like to try a first coding project and want something simple and very visual as a starting project?