This chapter will focus on applying Python to functions that are typically performed by a geographic information system (GIS) such as QGIS or ArcGIS. These functions are the heart and soul of geospatial analysis. We will continue to use as few external dependencies as possible outside of Python itself so that you have tools that are as reusable as possible in different environments. In this book, we separate GIS analysis and remote sensing from a programming perspective, which means that, in this chapter, we'll mostly focus on vector data.
As with the other chapters in this book, the items presented here are core functions that serve as building blocks that you can recombine to solve challenges that you will encounter beyond this book. The topics in this chapter include the following:
- Measuring distance
- Converting coordinates
- Reprojecting...
