Constructive Methods: Envelope and Convex Hull
Explore how to apply constructive methods in GeoPandas, specifically the envelope and convex hull functions, to create new geometries that reveal spatial boundaries and clusters. This lesson will help you understand how to calculate minimum bounding boxes and convex polygons to analyze and visualize geospatial data effectively.
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Envelope and convex hull are two useful procedures that allow us to create new geometries based on the extent of the original geometry. Both methods are based on the Shapely library and lie in the category of geometric operations known as constructive methods.
These methods are essential for many geospatial analysis and visualization tasks and can help us gain deeper insights into our data. For example, by using constructive methods like envelope() and convex_hull() in GeoPandas, ...