Lesson overview¶
In this week’s lesson we will introduce you a spatial data model (geometric objects) and some basics of how spatial data can be manipulated in pure Python.
Geometric Objects - Spatial Data Model
Overview of Geometric Objects and Shapely -module
Point -object
LineString -object
Polygon -object
Geometry collections (optional)
Learning goals¶
After this week you should:
have an idea of what kind of tools are available for doing GIS in Python
know how to install Python packages using conda
know what kind of geometric objects are available
know how to create different kind of geometries using Shapely
know how to read coordinates from a file and create Points based on those
Lecture video¶
Lesson 1.1 - Introduction to the course, practicalities
Henrikki Tenkanen, University of Helsinki @ AutoGIS channel on Youtube.
Lesson 1.2 - Introduction to Python GIS
Henrikki Tenkanen, University of Helsinki @ AutoGIS channel on Youtube.
Lesson 1.3 - Geometric objects; Spatial data model; shapely -module
Henrikki Tenkanen, University of Helsinki @ AutoGIS channel on Youtube.