Lesson 2 Overview ================= In this week, we will learn how to read and write spatial data, and how to deal with projections in Python using `Geopandas `_ -module and some useful data management functionalities. 1. `Introduction to Geopandas <../../notebooks/L2/geopandas-basics.ipynb>`__ 2. `Managing map projections <../../notebooks/L2/projections.ipynb>`__ 3. :doc:`Exercise 2: Working with geometric objects ` Learning goals -------------- After this week, you should know how to: - Read and write data from/to Shapefile - Create geometries into GeoDataFrame - Change the coordinate reference system of the data Sources ------- These materials are partly based on `Geopandas documentation `_. Lecture videos -------------- .. admonition:: Lesson 2.1 - Introduction to Geopandas .. raw:: html

Henrikki Tenkanen, University of Helsinki @ AutoGIS channel on Youtube.

.. admonition:: Lesson 2.2 - Managing map projections .. raw:: html

Henrikki Tenkanen, University of Helsinki @ AutoGIS channel on Youtube.