Index
A
- algorithm, Paul Bourke
- alpha shapes
- references / How it works...
B
- Blender
- URL / How to do it...
C
- centerlines
- creating, from polygons / Creating centerlines from polygons, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- chloropleth map
- about / How it works...
- color relief map
- generating, rasters merged / Merging rasters to generate a color relief map, How to do it..., How it works...
- complex spatial analysis query ST_Distance()
D
- 3D ground distance
- Dangles
- DEM
- reference / Getting ready
- slope, generating from / Generating slope and aspect images from your DEM, Getting ready, How it works...
- aspect images, generating from / Generating slope and aspect images from your DEM, Getting ready, How it works...
- orthophoto, draping over / Draping an orthophoto over a DEM, How to do it..., How it works...
- DEM, with ogr
- hillshade raster, creating from / Creating a hillshade raster from your DEM with ogr, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- DEM data
- visualizing, with Three.js / Visualizing DEM data with Three.js, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- DEM USGS ACSII CDED
- loading, into PostGIS / Loading a DEM USGS ACSII CDED into PostGIS, Getting ready, How it works...
- descartes library / Installing shapely, matplotlib, and descartes
- installing / How to do it...
- digital elevation model (DEM) / Converting an ESRI ASCII DEM to an image height map
- about / Introduction
- Digitial Elevation Model (DEM)
- Dijkstra shortest path
- finding, with pgRouting / Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with pgRouting, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- finding, with NetworkX in pure Python / Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with NetworkX in pure Python, Getting ready, How it works...
- Dimensionally Extended nine intersection model (DE-9IM)
- about / Introduction
- URL / Introduction
- Django
- about / Introduction
- references / Setting up a GeoDjango web application
- Django REST framework
- references / Getting ready
E
- elevation profile
- creating / Creating an elevation profile, How to do it..., How it works...
- EPSG code
- about / Introduction
- ESRI ASCII DEM
- converting, to image height map / Converting an ESRI ASCII DEM to an image height map, How to do it..., How it works...
- ESRI Shapefile
- about / How it works...
- evacuation polygons
- generating, based on indoor shortest path / Generating evacuation polygons based on an indoor shortest path, Getting ready, How it works...
F
- Folium
- URL / Generating a leaflet web map with Folium
- leaflet web map, generating with / Generating a leaflet web map with Folium, Getting ready, How it works...
G
- GDAL
- about / Installing GDAL and OGR
- installing / How to do it..., How it works...
- raster (GeoTiff), converting to vector (Shapefile) / Converting a raster (GeoTiff) to a vector (Shapefile) using GDAL, How to do it..., How it works...
- GDAL (geospatial abstraction library) / Installing pyproj and NumPy
- gdal_rasterize command-line tool
- reference link / See also
- geodata
- about / Getting ready
- GeoDjango
- about / Installing GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS, Introduction
- installing / Getting ready
- GeoDjango web application
- setting up / Setting up a GeoDjango web application, Getting ready, How to do it...
- geographic coordinate system / Introduction
- geogratis.ca
- geojson
- about / Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
- URL / Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
- installing / How to do it...
- GeoJSON datasets
- about / How it works...
- GeoJSON file
- projection, discovering / Discovering projection(s) of a Shapefile or GeoJSON dataset, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- geometric subtypes
- defining / Introduction
- geometry types
- interior / Introduction
- boundary / Introduction
- exterior / Introduction
- GeoNames
- reference link / Creating a Shapefile from point data stored in Microsoft Excel
- GeoTiff (raster)
- Shapefile (vector), converting to / Converting a Shapefile (vector) to a GeoTiff (raster), How to do it..., How it works...
- gis contrib package
- reference link / Introduction
H
- heightmap
- reference link / Converting an ESRI ASCII DEM to an image height map
- hillshade raster
- creating, from DEM with ogr / Creating a hillshade raster from your DEM with ogr, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- about / Creating a hillshade raster from your DEM with ogr
- references / Creating a hillshade raster from your DEM with ogr
- holes
- punching, in polygon with symmetric difference operation / Punching holes in polygons with a symmetric difference operation, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
I
- identity function (difference + intersection)
- image height map
- ESRI ASCII DEM, converting to / Converting an ESRI ASCII DEM to an image height map, How to do it..., How it works...
- imposm
- about / Getting ready
- reference link / Getting ready
- indoor route type service
- indoor route walk times
- calculating / Calculating indoor route walk time, How to do it..., How it works...
- indoor routing
- creating, through building in 3D / Building an indoor routing system in 3D, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- indoor routing, from room to room / Creating an indoor route from room to room, How to do it..., How it works...
- indoor routing service
- visualizing / Visualizing an indoor routing service, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- indoor shortest path
- evacuation polygons, generating on / Generating evacuation polygons based on an indoor shortest path, Getting ready, How it works...
- indoor web routing service
- IPython
- about / Installing SciPy, PySAL, and IPython
- installing / How to do it..., How it works...
J
- JavaScript file
- defining / How it works...
- JavaScript variable
- creating / How it works...
L
- leaflet web map
- generating, with Folium / Generating a leaflet web map with Folium, Getting ready, How it works...
- linear referencing
- used, for finding location of point on line / Finding the location of a point on a line using linear referencing, How to do it..., See also
- reference link / See also
- about / How it works...
- Linestring
- avoiding, with Dangles / A LineString must not have dangles, How it works...
- linestrings
- splitting at intersections, ST_Node used / Splitting LineStrings at intersections using ST_Node, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- validity, checking / Checking the validity of LineStrings, How to do it...
- clipping, to area of interest / Clipping LineStrings to an area of interest, How to do it..., How it works...
- Linux/Ubuntu 14.04 machine / Introduction
M
- matplotlib
N
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- about / Union polygons without merging
- networkX
- NetworkX
- Dijkstra shortest path, finding with / Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with NetworkX in pure Python, Getting ready, How it works...
- about / Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with NetworkX in pure Python
- URL / Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with NetworkX in pure Python
- NumPy
- about / Installing pyproj and NumPy
- installing / Getting ready, How to do it...
- URL / How to do it...
O
- Object Relational Mapper (ORM) / How it works...
- OGR
- about / Installing GDAL and OGR
- installing / Getting ready
- ogr2ogr
- Shapefile, converting to PostGIS table / Converting a Shapefile to a PostGIS table using ogr2ogr, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- Shapefiles folder, batch importing into PostGIS / Batch importing a folder of Shapefiles into PostGIS using ogr2ogr, How it works...
- about / Converting an OpenStreetMap (OSM) XML to a Shapefile, How to do it...
- ogr2ogr works
- URL / Getting ready
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
- about / Introduction
- Open Geospatial Consortium website
- URL / How it works...
- Openlayers 3
- about / Getting ready
- OpenStreetMap / How to do it...
- OpenStreetMap (OSM) / Getting ready
- OpenStreetMap (OSM) xml
- converting, to Shapefile / Converting an OpenStreetMap (OSM) XML to a Shapefile, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- options, ogr2ogr command
- reference link / See also
- orthophoto
- draping, over DEM / Draping an orthophoto over a DEM, How to do it..., How it works...
- OSGEO (Open Source Geospatial Foundation
- URL / Installing GDAL and OGR
- OSGeo4W
- URL / Getting ready
- OSGeo4W windows installer
- URL / How to do it...
- osm2pgsql
- URL / Getting ready
- about / Getting ready
- OSM data
- URL / Getting ready
- overlapping Linestrings
- defining / LineStrings must not overlap, How to do it..., How it works...
- Overpass API / How to do it...
P
- .prj file / Discovering projection(s) of a Shapefile or GeoJSON dataset
- pandas
- URL / Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
- about / Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
- installing / How to do it...
- PgAdmin
- about / How it works...
- pgAdmin user tool
- using / Getting ready
- pgRouting
- about / Introduction
- Dijkstra shortest path, finding with / Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with pgRouting, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- URL / Getting ready
- URL, for Ubuntu Linux users / Getting ready
- pgsql2shp tool
- about / Getting ready
- point
- snapping, to nearest line / Snapping a point to the nearest line, How to do it..., How it works...
- defining, on starting and ending nodes of line / A point must be on the starting and ending nodes of a line only, How to do it..., How it works...
- point attributes
- assigning, to polygon / Executing a spatial join and assigning point attributes to a polygon, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- point inside a polygon analysis query
- polygon centroid
- defining, within specific distance of line / A polygon centroid must be within a specific distance of a line, How it works...
- polygons
- splitting, with lines / Splitting polygons with lines, How it works...
- centerlines, creating from / Creating centerlines from polygons, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- PostGIS
- about / Installing GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS
- Shapefiles folder, batch importing into / Batch importing a folder of Shapefiles into PostGIS using ogr2ogr, How it works...
- DEM USGS ACSII CDED, loading into / Loading a DEM USGS ACSII CDED into PostGIS, Getting ready, How it works...
- reference / How it works...
- PostGIS
- about / Introduction
- PostGIS, to Shapefiles
- tables list, batch importing from / Batch exporting a list of tables from PostGIS to Shapefiles, How it works...
- PostGIS ST_Buffer analysis query
- PostGIS table
- Shapefile, converting to / Converting a Shapefile to a PostGIS table using ogr2ogr, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- PostgreSQL
- installing, with PostGIS / Installing GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS, How to do it..., How it works...
- about / Installing GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS
- project area
- projected coordinate system / Introduction
- projection definition, for Shapefile
- Psycopg / Getting ready
- pyproj
- about / Installing pyproj and NumPy
- URL / Installing pyproj and NumPy, How to do it...
- installing / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- PySAL
- about / Installing SciPy, PySAL, and IPython
- installing / How to do it..., How it works...
- pyshp
- about / Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
- URL / Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
- installing / How to do it...
- Python generator object
- creating / How it works...
Q
- QGIS
- URL / How to do it...
- QGIS (Quantum GIS) / Getting ready
- qgis2threejs plugin
- Quantum GIS
- URL / How it works..., How to do it...
R
- raster (GeoTiff)
- converting, to vector (Shapefile) / Converting a raster (GeoTiff) to a vector (Shapefile) using GDAL, How to do it..., How it works...
- rasters
- merging, for generating color relief map / Merging rasters to generate a color relief map, How to do it..., How it works...
- regular expression
- reference link / How to do it...
- ridges
- extracting / How it works...
- routing
- about / Introduction
S
- .split() method
- reference link / How it works...
- scalable vector graphic (svg) / Installing shapely, matplotlib, and descartes
- scikit-image
- SciPy
- about / Installing SciPy, PySAL, and IPython
- installing / How to do it..., How it works...
- Shapefile
- projection, discovering / Discovering projection(s) of a Shapefile or GeoJSON dataset, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- reprojecting, from one projection to another / Reprojecting a Shapefile from one projection to another, How to do it..., See also
- converting, to PostGIS table / Converting a Shapefile to a PostGIS table using ogr2ogr, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- OpenStreetMap (OSM) xml, converting to / Converting an OpenStreetMap (OSM) XML to a Shapefile, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- creating, from point data stored in Microsoft Excel / Creating a Shapefile from point data stored in Microsoft Excel, How to do it..., How it works...
- URL / Getting ready
- Shapefile (vector)
- converting, to GeoTiff (raster) / Converting a Shapefile (vector) to a GeoTiff (raster), How to do it..., How it works...
- Shapefiles folder
- batch importing, into PostGIS / Batch importing a folder of Shapefiles into PostGIS using ogr2ogr, How it works...
- shapely
- Shapely online documentation
- URL / How it works...
- single point
- defining, in polygon / Creating a rule – only one point inside a polygon, How to do it..., How it works...
- spatial join
- spatial module
- Spatial Reference System (SRS) / How it works...
- Stack Overflow
- reference / How to do it...
- state boundaries, union polygons
- reference / Union polygons with merging (dissolving)
- symmetric difference operation
- holes, punching in polygons with / Punching holes in polygons with a symmetric difference operation, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
T
- tables list
- batch importing, from PostGIS to Shapefiles / Batch exporting a list of tables from PostGIS to Shapefiles, How it works...
- Three.js
- DEM data, visualizing with / Visualizing DEM data with Three.js, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- threejs / Converting an ESRI ASCII DEM to an image height map
- TileStache
- setting up, for serving tiles / Setting up TileStache to serve tiles, Getting ready, How to do it...
- URL / How to do it...
- topology rules
- about / Introduction
- total elevation gain
U
- union polygons
- without merging / Union polygons without merging, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- about / How it works...
- with merging (dissolving) / Union polygons with merging (dissolving), Getting ready, How it works...
- references / Union polygons with merging (dissolving)
- Unity
- URL / How to do it...
- Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate reference system / Introduction
- USGS ASCII CDED format
V
- Vagrant
- URL / Getting ready
- Vancouver open geodata portal
- URL / Getting ready
- vector (Shapefile)
- raster (GeoTiff), converting to / Converting a raster (GeoTiff) to a vector (Shapefile) using GDAL, How to do it..., How it works...
- virtualbox / Getting ready
- virtualenv
- virtualenvwrapper
- about / Getting ready
- installing / How to do it..., How it works...
- visualization techniques and libraries
- URL / Introduction
- Voronoi polygons
- using / How it works...
W
- Web Mapping Service (WMS)
- about / Listing projection(s) from a WMS server
- reference / Listing projection(s) from a WMS server
- projection, listing from / Listing projection(s) from a WMS server, Getting ready, How it works...
- Well Known Text (WKT)
- about / Getting ready
- Werkzeug
- URL / Getting ready
- World Geographic System 1984 (WGS 84) / Introduction
X
- xlrd
- reference link / Getting ready
- xlwt
- about / Getting ready