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Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook

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Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook
Nov, 2015 | 310 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook
Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Setting Up Your Geospatial Python Environment
Setting Up Your Geospatial Python Environment
Introduction
Installing virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
Installing pyproj and NumPy
Installing shapely, matplotlib, and descartes
Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
Installing SciPy, PySAL, and IPython
Installing GDAL and OGR
Installing GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS
2
Working with Projections
Working with Projections
Introduction
Discovering projection(s) of a Shapefile or GeoJSON dataset
Listing projection(s) from a WMS server
Creating a projection definition for a Shapefile if it does not exist
Batch setting the projection definition of a folder full of Shapefiles
Reprojecting a Shapefile from one projection to another
3
Moving Spatial Data from One Format to Another
Moving Spatial Data from One Format to Another
Introduction
Converting a Shapefile to a PostGIS table using ogr2ogr
Batch importing a folder of Shapefiles into PostGIS using ogr2ogr
Batch exporting a list of tables from PostGIS to Shapefiles
Converting an OpenStreetMap (OSM) XML to a Shapefile
Converting a Shapefile (vector) to a GeoTiff (raster)
Converting a raster (GeoTiff) to a vector (Shapefile) using GDAL
Creating a Shapefile from point data stored in Microsoft Excel
Converting an ESRI ASCII DEM to an image height map
4
Working with PostGIS
Working with PostGIS
Introduction
Executing a PostGIS ST_Buffer analysis query and exporting it to GeoJSON
Finding out whether a point is inside a polygon
Splitting LineStrings at intersections using ST_Node
Checking the validity of LineStrings
Executing a spatial join and assigning point attributes to a polygon
Conducting a complex spatial analysis query using ST_Distance()
5
Vector Analysis
Vector Analysis
Introduction
Clipping LineStrings to an area of interest
Splitting polygons with lines
Finding the location of a point on a line using linear referencing
Snapping a point to the nearest line
Calculating 3D ground distance and total elevation gain
6
Overlay Analysis
Overlay Analysis
Introduction
Punching holes in polygons with a symmetric difference operation
Union polygons without merging
Union polygons with merging (dissolving)
Performing an identity function (difference + intersection)
7
Raster Analysis
Raster Analysis
Introduction
Loading a DEM USGS ACSII CDED into PostGIS
Creating an elevation profile
Creating a hillshade raster from your DEM with ogr
Generating slope and aspect images from your DEM
Merging rasters to generate a color relief map
8
Network Routing Analysis
Network Routing Analysis
Introduction
Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with pgRouting
Finding the Dijkstra shortest path with NetworkX in pure Python
Generating evacuation polygons based on an indoor shortest path
Creating centerlines from polygons
Building an indoor routing system in 3D
Calculating indoor route walk time
9
Topology Checking and Data Validation
Topology Checking and Data Validation
Introduction
Creating a rule – only one point inside a polygon
A point must be on the starting and ending nodes of a line only
LineStrings must not overlap
A LineString must not have dangles
A polygon centroid must be within a specific distance of a line
10
Visualizing Your Analysis
Visualizing Your Analysis
Introduction
Generating a leaflet web map with Folium
Setting up TileStache to serve tiles
Visualizing DEM data with Three.js
Draping an orthophoto over a DEM
11
Web Analysis with GeoDjango
Web Analysis with GeoDjango
Introduction
Setting up a GeoDjango web application
Creating an indoor web routing service
Visualizing an indoor routing service
Creating an indoor route-type service
Creating an indoor route from room to room
Other Geospatial Python Libraries
Other Geospatial Python Libraries
Mapping Icon Libraries
Mapping Icon Libraries
Index
Index

About the Author

Michael Diener graduated from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, in 2001 with a bachelor of science degree in geography. He began working in 1995 with Environment Canada as a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyst and has continued to work with GIS technologies ever since.

In 2008, he founded a company called GOMOGI that is focused on building web and mobile GIS application with open source tools. In 2011, the focus changed to indoor wayfinding and navigation solutions and building the indrz platform that Michael had envisioned.

From time to time, Michael also holds seminars for organizations wanting to explore or discover the possibilities of how GIS can increase productivity and help better answer spatial questions. He is also the creative head of new product development in his company. His technical skills include working with Python to solve a wide range of spatial problems on a daily basis. Through the years, he has developed many spatial applications with Python, including indrz and golfgis, which are two of the products built by his company, GOMOGI.

He is also lecturer of GIS at the Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt, where he enjoys teaching students the wonderful powers of GIS and explaining how to solve spatial problems with open source GIS and Python.

I would like to dedicate this book to my family, beginning with my loving wife, Silvia, who encouraged and supported me through the writing of this book. I must also thank my three boys, Noah, Levi, and Jasper, for sacrificing many evenings and weekends of playtime for daddy’s book time. My parents, Birte and Hartwig, also deserve a big thank you for always believing in me—thank you for everything.

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