geopandas.GeoSeries.minimum_bounding_circle#

GeoSeries.minimum_bounding_circle()[source]#

Returns a GeoSeries of geometries representing the minimum bounding circle that encloses each geometry.

See also

GeoSeries.convex_hull

convex hull geometry

Examples

>>> from shapely.geometry import Polygon, LineString, Point
>>> s = geopandas.GeoSeries(
...     [
...         Polygon([(0, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1), (0, 0)]),
...         LineString([(0, 0), (1, 1), (1, 0)]),
...         Point(0, 0),
...     ]
... )
>>> s
0    POLYGON ((0 0, 1 1, 0 1, 0 0))
1        LINESTRING (0 0, 1 1, 1 0)
2                       POINT (0 0)
dtype: geometry
>>> s.minimum_bounding_circle()
0    POLYGON ((1.20711 0.5, 1.19352 0.36205, 1.1532...
1    POLYGON ((1.20711 0.5, 1.19352 0.36205, 1.1532...
2                                          POINT (0 0)
dtype: geometry