GeoDataFrame#

A GeoDataFrame is a tabular data structure that contains a column which contains a GeoSeries storing geometry.

Constructor#

GeoDataFrame([data, geometry, crs])

A GeoDataFrame object is a pandas.DataFrame that has a column with geometry.

Serialization / IO / conversion#

GeoDataFrame.from_file(filename, **kwargs)

Alternate constructor to create a GeoDataFrame from a file.

GeoDataFrame.from_features(features[, crs, ...])

Alternate constructor to create GeoDataFrame from an iterable of features or a feature collection.

GeoDataFrame.from_postgis(sql, con[, ...])

Alternate constructor to create a GeoDataFrame from a sql query containing a geometry column in WKB representation.

GeoDataFrame.to_file(filename[, driver, ...])

Write the GeoDataFrame to a file.

GeoDataFrame.to_json([na, show_bbox, ...])

Returns a GeoJSON representation of the GeoDataFrame as a string.

GeoDataFrame.to_geo_dict([na, show_bbox, ...])

Returns a python feature collection representation of the GeoDataFrame as a dictionary with a list of features based on the __geo_interface__ GeoJSON-like specification.

GeoDataFrame.to_parquet(path[, index, ...])

Write a GeoDataFrame to the Parquet format.

GeoDataFrame.to_feather(path[, index, ...])

Write a GeoDataFrame to the Feather format.

GeoDataFrame.to_postgis(name, con[, schema, ...])

Upload GeoDataFrame into PostGIS database.

GeoDataFrame.to_wkb([hex])

Encode all geometry columns in the GeoDataFrame to WKB.

GeoDataFrame.to_wkt(**kwargs)

Encode all geometry columns in the GeoDataFrame to WKT.

Projection handling#

GeoDataFrame.crs

The Coordinate Reference System (CRS) represented as a pyproj.CRS object.

GeoDataFrame.set_crs([crs, epsg, inplace, ...])

Set the Coordinate Reference System (CRS) of the GeoDataFrame.

GeoDataFrame.to_crs([crs, epsg, inplace])

Transform geometries to a new coordinate reference system.

GeoDataFrame.estimate_utm_crs([datum_name])

Returns the estimated UTM CRS based on the bounds of the dataset.

Active geometry handling#

GeoDataFrame.rename_geometry(col[, inplace])

Renames the GeoDataFrame geometry column to the specified name.

GeoDataFrame.set_geometry(col[, drop, ...])

Set the GeoDataFrame geometry using either an existing column or the specified input.

GeoDataFrame.active_geometry_name

Return the name of the active geometry column

Aggregating and exploding#

GeoDataFrame.dissolve([by, aggfunc, ...])

Dissolve geometries within groupby into single observation.

GeoDataFrame.explode([column, ignore_index, ...])

Explode multi-part geometries into multiple single geometries.

Spatial joins#

GeoDataFrame.sjoin(df, *args, **kwargs)

Spatial join of two GeoDataFrames.

GeoDataFrame.sjoin_nearest(right[, how, ...])

Spatial join of two GeoDataFrames based on the distance between their geometries.

Overlay operations#

GeoDataFrame.clip(mask[, keep_geom_type])

Clip points, lines, or polygon geometries to the mask extent.

GeoDataFrame.overlay(right[, how, ...])

Perform spatial overlay between GeoDataFrames.

Plotting#

GeoDataFrame.explore(*args, **kwargs)

Interactive map based on GeoPandas and folium/leaflet.js

GeoDataFrame.plot

alias of GeoplotAccessor

Spatial index#

GeoDataFrame.sindex

Generate the spatial index

GeoDataFrame.has_sindex

Check the existence of the spatial index without generating it.

Indexing#

GeoDataFrame.cx

Coordinate based indexer to select by intersection with bounding box.

Interface#

GeoDataFrame.__geo_interface__

Returns a GeoDataFrame as a python feature collection.

GeoDataFrame.iterfeatures([na, show_bbox, ...])

Returns an iterator that yields feature dictionaries that comply with __geo_interface__

All pandas DataFrame methods are also available, although they may not operate in a meaningful way on the geometry column. All methods listed in GeoSeries work directly on an active geometry column of GeoDataFrame.