geopandas.GeoSeries.representative_point#

GeoSeries.representative_point()[source]#

Returns a GeoSeries of (cheaply computed) points that are guaranteed to be within each geometry.

See also

GeoSeries.centroid: geometric centroid

Examples

>>> from shapely.geometry import Polygon, LineString, Point
>>> s = geopandas.GeoSeries(
...     [
...         Polygon([(0, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1)]),
...         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.representative_point()
0    POINT (0.25 0.5)
1         POINT (1 1)
2         POINT (0 0)
dtype: geometry