Week 10 Raster

Week 10: Rasterio and Geopandas

1. Introduction¶

Rasterio is a Python library designed for reading, writing and analyzing geospatial raster data. It leverages the powerful GDAL (Gspatial Data Abstraction Library) to offer a streamlined interface for working with raster datasets like satellite imagery, digital elevation models (DEMs), and other gridded data. Rasterio makes it easier to manipulate and analyze raster data, particulary when integrated with otehr Python tools like Numpy, pandas, and matplotlib, make it valuable tool for geospatial data processing and analysis.

Geopandas is an open source project to processing geospatial data in python environment easier and efficient. GeoPandas extend the functionality from pandas to allow spatial operation on geometric types.

2. Installation¶

Creating a clean virtual envionrment is not strictly necessary, but install all packages in the same global environment may cause dependency conflicts. So it's recommend to install the geopandas in a clean virutual environment

1. Create a virtual environment with name as 'gpd' and specify python version as 3.9

conda create --name gpd python=3.9

2. Activate virtual environment 'gpd'

activate gpd

4. Install the latest version of geopandas, rasterio and ipykernel

conda install -c conda-forge geopandas rasterio fiona

# Windows:
conda install ipykernel

# Mac:
pip install ipykernel

3. Get to know Geospatial Data¶

• Great Smoky Mountain Geospatial Dataset
• 30-m Digital Elevation Model
• Mountain Boundary

4. Importing libraries¶

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import geopandas as gpd
import rasterio
import os
import rasterio.plot

import geopandas as gpd import rasterio import os import rasterio.plot

5. Reading Raster Data¶

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os.getcwd()

os.getcwd()

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dem_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),  )
dem_path

dem_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), ) dem_path

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dem = rasterio.open()
print(dem)

dem = rasterio.open() print(dem)

6. Extracting Basic Information about Raster¶

6.1 File name¶

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dem.name

dem.name

6.3 File mode¶

The raster data can be opened in read-only (r) or write (w) mode.

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dem.mode

dem.mode

6.4 Metadata¶

The metadata comes from a GeoTIFF file, which is a common format for storing geospatial raster ata, such as DEM.

• Nodata: the value used to represent 'No data' or missing data.
• Width & Height: The number of column and row in the raster
• Affine transformation show the information about the pixel
  • a,b,c,d,e,f (a and e are pixel width and height, c and f are the coordinates of the upper left corner of thr raster, b and d are rotation)

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dem

dem

6.3 Spatial Resolution¶

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dem

dem

6.4 Spatial Dimensions: Width and Height¶

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dem

dem

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dem

dem

6.5 Spatial Bounds¶

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dem

dem

6.6 Number of bands¶

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dem

dem

7.Plotting Raster Data¶

rasterio.plot.show() is a simple way to display a raster image, showing the first band of the raster by default

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7.1 Customizing Plots¶

You can further enhance your plots with color maps and titles.

The cmap parameter in the function allows you to specify a color map to apply to the image, which controls how different values are represented in color

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

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fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))
rasterio.plot.show(dem, cmap=, ax=ax, title="Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Great Smoky Mountain")
plt.show()

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8)) rasterio.plot.show(dem, cmap=, ax=ax, title="Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Great Smoky Mountain") plt.show()

7.2 Overlay vector on Raster¶

In geographic data visualization, overlaying vector data (such as polygons) on raster data is a common technique to provide spatial context and enhance interpretation. For instance, to highlight the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains, you can overlay a polygon vector on a raster DEM. The vector layer defines distinct boundaries or features, while the raster layer provides continuous data (elevation, temperature, etc.). This combination allows users to see how geographic features relate to underlying spatial patterns.

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vector_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),  "data\GSM_boundary\GSM_boundary.shp")
gdf =

vector_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "data\GSM_boundary\GSM_boundary.shp") gdf =

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fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))
rasterio.plot.show(dem, cmap="terrain", ax=ax, title="Digital Elevation Model (DEM) & Boundary")
gdf.plot(ax=ax, edgecolor="red", facecolor="none", lw=2)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8)) rasterio.plot.show(dem, cmap="terrain", ax=ax, title="Digital Elevation Model (DEM) & Boundary") gdf.plot(ax=ax, edgecolor="red", facecolor="none", lw=2)

8. Masking a raster using a shapefile¶

Masking a raster with a shapefile is a process that extracts the raster data within a specified geographic boundary defined by the shapefile. This is useful for focusing on a particular area of interest, such as limiting a DEM to the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains. The shapefile (a vector format) acts as a "cookie-cutter" that trims the raster, retaining only the values inside the shapefile's polygons and setting areas outside the boundary to "no data."

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import fiona
import rasterio.mask

import fiona import rasterio.mask

8.1 Read shapefile¶

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with fiona.open(vector_path, "r") as shapefile:
    shapes = [feature["geometry"] for feature in shapefile]

with fiona.open(vector_path, "r") as shapefile: shapes = [feature["geometry"] for feature in shapefile]

8.2 Clip raster¶

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out_image, out_transform = rasterio.mask.mask(dem, shapes, crop=True)

out_image, out_transform = rasterio.mask.mask(dem, shapes, crop=True)

8.3 Update information about clipped raster¶

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out_meta = dem.meta

out_meta = dem.meta

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out_image.shape

out_image.shape

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out_meta.update(
    {
        "driver": "GTiff",
        "height": ,
        "width": ,
        "transform": ,
    }
)

out_meta.update( { "driver": "GTiff", "height": , "width": , "transform": , } )

8.4 Writing a masked or modified raster image to a new file called "dem_clip.tif"¶

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with rasterio.open("dem_clip.tif", "w", **out_meta) as dst:
    dst.write(out_image)

with rasterio.open("dem_clip.tif", "w", **out_meta) as dst: dst.write(out_image)

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clip_dem_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'dem_clip.tif')
clip_dem = rasterio.open(clip_dem_path)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))
rasterio.plot.show(clip_dem, cmap="terrain", ax=ax, title="Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Great Smoky Mountain")
plt.show()

clip_dem_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'dem_clip.tif') clip_dem = rasterio.open(clip_dem_path) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8)) rasterio.plot.show(clip_dem, cmap="terrain", ax=ax, title="Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Great Smoky Mountain") plt.show()