Dissolving polygons based on multiple attributes with Python (shapely and fiona)?

Question

I would like to dissolve a polygon shapefile based on two different fields, using Python and open source libraries.

I'm just able to dissolve the shapefile using one single field, with Gene's answer to Dissolving polygons based on attributes with Python (shapely, fiona)?

Here's the code he suggests, that should be the starting point for what I need:

from shapely.geometry import shape, mapping
from shapely.ops import unary_union
import fiona
import itertools
with fiona.open('cb_2013_us_county_20m.shp') as input:
    # preserve the schema of the original shapefile, including the crs
    meta = input.meta
    with fiona.open('dissolve.shp', 'w', **meta) as output:
        # groupby clusters consecutive elements of an iterable which have the same key so you must first sort the features by the 'STATEFP' field
        e = sorted(input, key=lambda k: k['properties']['STATEFP'])
        # group by the 'STATEFP' field 
        for key, group in itertools.groupby(e, key=lambda x:x['properties']['STATEFP']):
            properties, geom = zip(*[(feature['properties'],shape(feature['geometry'])) for feature in group])
            # write the feature, computing the unary_union of the elements in the group with the properties of the first element in the group
            output.write({'geometry': mapping(unary_union(geom)), 'properties': properties[0]})

Answer 1

Just change two key=lambda k: k['properties']['FIELD'] parts into key=lambda k: (k['properties']['FIELD_1'], k['properties']['FIELD_2']).

Shortly, you have to use ('field_1', 'field_2') tuple instead of 'field'.

from shapely.geometry import shape, mapping
from shapely.ops import unary_union
import fiona
import itertools

with fiona.open('source.shp') as input:
    meta = input.meta
    with fiona.open('target.shp', 'w', **meta) as output:
        # First, sort data by field_1 then field_2
        e = sorted(input, key=lambda k: (k['properties']['FIELD_1'], k['properties']['FIELD_2']) )
        # group by field_1 then filed_2 
        for key, group in itertools.groupby(e, key=lambda k: (k['properties']['FIELD_1'], k['properties']['FIELD_2'])):
            properties, geom = zip(*[(feature['properties'], shape(feature['geometry'])) for feature in group])
            output.write({'geometry': mapping(unary_union(geom)), 'properties': properties[0]})