Working with GCS and PCS in Python

While we have not yet taken a deep dive into setting up a geospatial data science environment in Python, as that is coming up in Chapter 4, Exploring Geospatial Data Science Packages, it is of relevance for us to walk you through how to work with geographic and projected coordinate systems within Python at this time.

There are two notable packages that we’ll reference in this section: PyProj and geopandas. While we won’t spend the time in this chapter diving too deep into the weeds of either of these packages, as we’ll save that for the next chapter, it is relevant for you to know that both of these packages are useful for working with spatial data and projections.

PyProj

PyProj is a Python package used to transform geospatial coordinates from one coordinate reference system into another. The PyProj package is useful when working with cartographic projections and geodetic transformations. As of the time of writing this...