Useful Python packages for geomatics

How to install Python packages

Please see our Install Python packages using pip guide.

• cjio: Python CLI + API to process and manipulate CityJSON files
• Fiona: to read/write GIS data, the "Pythonic GDAL"
• geemap: interactive mapping with Google Earth Engine
• GeoPandas: Pandas (for data science) with geo-types
• Laspy: to read/write/process point clouds in LAS/LAZ
• Matplotlib: great to visualise (mostly non-geo) data
• NumPy: multi-dimensional arrays
• pyproj: essential for dealing with CRS
• Rasterio: read/write/process raster data
• scikit-learn: machine learning in Python
• Shapely: processing of 2D vector data
• startinpy: Delaunay triangulator for terrain data
• TorchGeo: Deep Learning for GIS: datasets, samplers, transforms, and pre-trained models for geospatial data