Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: geoparquet
Version: 0.0.3
Summary: GeoPandas API for Parquet file format.
Home-page: https://github.com/darcy-r/geoparquet-python
Author: D'Arcy Roche
Author-email: d.arcy@posteo.de
License: UNKNOWN
Description: # GeoParquet
        
        GeoParquet for Python is a GeoPandas API designed to facilitate fast
        input/output of GIS data in the open source Parquet file format.
        
        The project is currently a proof of concept.
        
        __Why is this project needed?__
        
        The GIS community currently lacks a fast, efficient, open-source file format for
        persisting and sharing data with. The purpose of the GeoParquet project is to
        develop such a file format.
        
        __How does it work?__
        
        The GeoParquet file format is simple adaptation of the existing Parquet file
        format: geometries are stored as well-known binary (WKB), and the coordinate
        reference system is stored as a WKT string (specifically WKT2_2018) in the
        file's metadata.
        
        __Basic usage__
        
        ```python
        import geopandas as gpd
        import geoparquet as gpq
        
        # read in file from shapefile or other format using geopandas
        gdf = gpd.read_file('example file.shp')
        
        # call .to_geoparquet() method on geopandas GeoDataFrame to write to file
        gdf.to_geoparquet('example file.geoparquet')
        
        # read from file by calling gpq.read_geoparquet() function
        gdf = gpq.read_geoparquet('example file.geoparquet')
        ```
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS
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