gemgis.utils.get_location_coordinate

gemgis.utils.get_location_coordinate(name: str)

Obtaining coordinates of a given city

Parameters

name (str) – Name of the location, e.g. name='Aachen'

Returns

coordinates – GeoPy Location object

Return type

geopy.location.Location

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))

See also

transform_location_coordinate

Transforming location coordinate to another CRS

create_polygon_from_location

Create Shapely Polygon from GeoPy Location Object bounds

get_locations

Get location information for a list of city names