Replace deprecated pkg_resources with importlib.resources for resource loading(#GH 645)

[Aniketsy]

(#645)
This PR replaces the deprecated pkg_resources.resource_filename usage in get_coordinates (maps.py) with the modern importlib.resources API to load geocode_states.csv. This change addresses the deprecation warning triggered during import of the datascience package and ensures forward compatibility with Python and setuptools releases after November 2025, where pkg_resources will be removed.

Please let me know if my approach or fix needs any improvements . I’m open to feedback and happy to make changes based on suggestions.
Thankyou !

[sean-morris]

I really appreciate this PR. It would be great to get a release that includes this and the updated a11y-compatible color palette next week! Before semesters start kicking in. Thanks.

[Aniketsy]

@sean-morris -- Thank you for your feedback!
I am glad the changes are helpful.
Please let me know if there are any other features or fixes you’d like prioritized. Also, if there are certain areas where I can help by contributing further, feel free to point them out . I would be happy to assist.

[taylorgibson]

Can @adnanhemani or another maintainer review / approve this PR? Looking to avoid seeing this error message all semester if possible. Thanks!

[Aniketsy]

Thank you @taylorgibson for the support! Please let me know if there’s any feedback , I’d be happy to adjust the changes if needed.

[pancakereport]

minor changes so i'm approving. if something breaks we'll roll back.

[coveralls]

coverage: 94.978% (+0.002%) from 94.976%
when pulling 3a3c40d on Aniketsy:fix-pkg-resources-deprecation
into 43a2f2b on data-8:master.

[davidwagner]

@sean-morris @taylorgibson I have released a new version of the datascience package, which contains this update.  Update to version 0.18.0 (the latest version), and it should now contain this.

Please test.  It's been a while since we pushed out a new release, this also includes a few other unrelated minor bugfixes, so please test to make sure everything is still working.

[sean-morris]

Thanks!

[shaneknapp]

@davidwagner this hasn't yet been pushed to conda... i'm curious when that will happen. https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/datascience

[taylorgibson]

Thanks @davidwagner , I'll take a look and see if everything still seems good.

[sean-morris]

@davidwagner we have it deployed across 30 hubs and everything seems to be working

[davidwagner]

@shaneknapp I don't know how to push to conda, alas, so maybe never, unless someone is able to teach me how to do that. My apologies...