gemgis.utils.create_polygon_from_location

gemgis.utils.create_polygon_from_location(coordinates) → shapely.geometry.polygon.Polygon

Creating Shapely Polygon from bounding box coordinates

Parameters

coordinates (geopy.location.Location) – GeoPy location object

Returns

polygon – Shapely Polygon marking the bounding box of the coordinate object

Return type

shapely.geometry.polygon.Polygon

New in version 1.0.x.

Example

>>> # Loading Libraries and get location object
>>> import gemgis as gg
>>> location = gg.utils.get_location_coordinate(name='Aachen')
>>> location
Location(Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, (50.776351, 6.083862, 0.0))

>>> # Creating polygon from location bounds
>>> polygon = gg.utils.create_polygon_from_location(coordinates=location)
>>> polygon.wkt
'POLYGON ((50.8572449 5.9748624, 50.8572449 6.2180747, 50.6621373 6.2180747, 50.6621373 5.9748624, 50.8572449 5.9748624))'

See also

transform_location_coordinate

Transforming location coordinate to another CRS

get_location_coordinate

Get GeoPy Location Object

get_locations

Get location information for a list of city names