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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python
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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python

by Silas Toms, Paul Crickard, Eric van Rees
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
440 pages
11h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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The OGR library and Python bindings

The OGR library, combined with its Python bindings, forms the most important part for working with vector data in Python. With it, you can create points, lines, and polygons, and perform spatial operations on these elements. For example, you can calculate the area of a geometry, overlay different data on top of each other, and use proximity tools such as buffers. Additionally, just as with ogrinfo and ogr2ogr, the OGR library offers tools to read vector data files, iterate over individual elements, and select and reproject data.

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