GeoUtils is a Python package for accessible, efficient and reliable geospatial analysis.

Important

GeoUtils v0.1 is released, with most features drafted 3 years ago now finalized 🎉! We are working on an Xarray accessor and a few other features for 2024.

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Where to start?

About GeoUtils

Learn more about why we developed GeoUtils.

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Quick start

Run a short example of the package functionalities.

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Features

Dive into the full documentation.

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Prefer to grasp GeoUtils’ core concepts by comparing with other Python packages? Read through a short side-by-side code comparison with Rasterio and GeoPandas.

Looking to learn a specific feature by running an example? Jump straight into our example galleries on Input/output, Handling and Analysis.

See also

If you are DEM-enthusiastic, check-out our sister package xDEM for digital elevation models.

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Table of contents

Getting started

• About GeoUtils
  • What is GeoUtils?
  • Why use GeoUtils?
  • Why the need for GeoUtils?
  • Side-by-side examples with Rasterio and GeoPandas
• How to install
  • Installing with mamba (recommended)
  • Installing with pip
  • Installing for contributors
• Quick start
  • Short example
  • More examples
• Feature overview
  • The core Raster and Vector classes
  • Handling and match-reference
  • Higher-level analysis tools
  • Quick plotting
  • Pythonic arithmetic and NumPy interface
  • Casting to Mask, indexing and overload
  • Saving to file
  • Parsing metadata with SatelliteImage

Features

• Fundamentals
  • Composition from Rasterio and GeoPandas
  • Match-reference functionality
  • Support of pythonic operators
  • Masked-array NumPy interface
  • Implicit lazy loading
  • Inheritance to geo-images and beyond
• Rasters
  • The georeferenced raster (Raster)
  • The georeferenced mask (Mask)
  • The geo-image (SatelliteImage)
• Vectors
  • The georeferenced vector (Vector)
• Projection tools
  • Get a metric coordinate system
  • Get projected bounds
  • Get projected footprint

Examples

• Input/output
  • Open and save from files
  • Import and export
• Handling
  • Geo-transformations
  • Raster-vector interfacing
• Analysis
  • Raster numerics
  • Distance estimation
  • Point extraction

Reference

• API reference
  • Raster
  • SatelliteImage
  • Mask
  • Multiple rasters
  • Vector
• Command line interface
  • geoviewer.py
• Background
  • Inspiration
  • The people behind GeoUtils
  • Mission

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page