GeoDataFrame

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

Constructor

GeoDataFrame(*args[, geometry, crs])

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

Reading and writing files

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, drop_id])

Returns a GeoJSON representation of the GeoDataFrame as a string.

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.

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.

Aggregating and exploding

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

Dissolve geometries within groupby into single observation.

GeoDataFrame.explode([column])

Explode muti-part geometries into multiple single geometries.

Plotting

GeoDataFrame.plot

alias of geopandas.plotting.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.