mask#

mask(dst: typing.Union[str, tuple, rasterio.io.DatasetReader], shapes: typing.Union[geopandas.geodataframe.GeoDataFrame, shapely.geometry.polygon.Polygon, list], nodata: typing.Optional[int] = None, **kwargs) -> (<class 'numpy.ma.core.MaskedArray'>, <class 'dict'>)[source]#

Masking a dataset: setting nodata outside of the given shapes, but without cropping the raster to the shapes extent.

Overload of rasterio mask function in order to create a masked_array.

The mask function docs can be seen here. It basically masks a raster with a vector mask, with the possibility to crop the raster to the vector’s extent.

>>> raster_path = "path/to/raster.tif"
>>> shape_path = "path/to/shapes.geojson"  # Any vector that geopandas can read
>>> shapes = gpd.read_file(shape_path)
>>> masked_raster1, meta1 = mask(raster_path, shapes)
>>> # or
>>> with rasterio.open(raster_path) as dst:
>>>     masked_raster2, meta2 = mask(dst, shapes)
>>> masked_raster1 == masked_raster2
True
>>> meta1 == meta2
True
Parameters
  • dst (PATH_ARR_DS) – Path to the raster, its dataset, its xarray or a tuple containing its array and metadata

  • shapes (Union[gpd.GeoDataFrame, Polygon, list]) – Shapes with the same CRS as the dataset (except if a GeoDataFrame is passed, in which case it will automatically be converted.

  • nodata (int) – Nodata value. If not set, uses the ds.nodata. If doesnt exist, set to 0.

  • **kwargs – Other rasterio.mask options

Returns

Masked array as a masked array and its metadata

Return type

(np.ma.masked_array, dict)