Source code for iwfm.gis.geop_open

# geop_open.py
# Open file as a geopandas dataframe
# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 University of California
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This information is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# For a copy of the GNU General Public License, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


'''Open a file with geopandas and return geopandas object.'''


[docs]
def geop_open(infile):
    '''Open a file with geopandas and return geopandas object.

    Parameters
    ----------
    infile : str
        file name to save info from url

    Returns
    -------
    gdf_file : Geopandas object 
        information from the infile
    '''
    import geopandas

    gdf = geopandas.GeoDataFrame
    return gdf.from_file(infile)