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get_wider_exterior

get_wider_exterior#

get_wider_exterior(vector: GeoDataFrame) → GeoDataFrame[source]#

Get the wider exterior of a MultiPolygon as a Polygon

Parameters:

vector (gpd.GeoDataFrame) – Polygon to simplify

Returns:

gpd.GeoDataFrame: Wider exterior

Return type:

vector

Example

>>> # Open a raw footprint
>>> footprint_raw = vectors.read("footprint_raw.geojson")
                                                   geometry
0         MULTIPOLYGON (((491053.524 5616778.498, 491262...
1         MULTIPOLYGON (((491314.496 5616444.620, 491295...
2         MULTIPOLYGON (((490783.440 5616102.457, 490923...
>>>
>>> # Get the wider exterior
>>> get_wider_exterior(footprint_raw)
                                                geometry
0      POLYGON ((491053.524 5616778.498, 491262.302 5...
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