How-To Guides

Concrete, step-by-step solutions for the most common Python GIS tasks — from loading data to producing analysis outputs.

These guides are built around specific, real-world tasks. Each one starts with a clear problem statement, gives you a quick working answer, and then walks through a complete solution with code you can copy and adapt.

Tasks range from the everyday — reading a shapefile, reprojecting layers, filtering by attribute — to more complex operations like spatial joins, buffer analysis, fishnet grids, and connecting GeoPandas directly to PostGIS.

Every guide is self-contained. You don't need to read them in order. Search for the task you need, follow the steps, and get back to your work.

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The most commonly needed GIS tasks in Python, each with a full step-by-step walkthrough.

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49 guides covering the full range of everyday Python GIS tasks.

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If something's not working — a CRS mismatch, an installation failure, a spatial join returning empty results — the troubleshooting guides have targeted fixes.

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