geopandas.read_file

geopandas.read_file(filename, bbox=None, **kwargs)

Returns a GeoDataFrame from a file or URL.

Parameters:

filename: str

Either the absolute or relative path to the file or URL to be opened.

bbox : tuple | GeoDataFrame or GeoSeries, default None

Filter features by given bounding box, GeoSeries, or GeoDataFrame. CRS mis-matches are resolved if given a GeoSeries or GeoDataFrame.

**kwargs:

Keyword args to be passed to the open or BytesCollection method in the fiona library when opening the file. For more information on possible keywords, type: import fiona; help(fiona.open)

Returns:

geodataframe : GeoDataFrame

Examples

>>> df = geopandas.read_file("nybb.shp")