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Extract raster values within shapefile with pygeoprocessing or gdal

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Reading shapefile in Python

Simple thematic mapping of shapefile using Python?

Python Script examples for geoprocessing shapefiles without using arcpy

Online WKT and GeoJSON viewer

How to polygonize raster to shapely polygons

how to take cell size from raster using python or GDAL or RASTERIO

Drawing perpendicular lines in PyQGIS?

More Efficient Spatial join in Python without QGIS, ArcGIS, PostGIS, etc

Cannot get plot() in geopandas to produce a map of the GeoDataFrame

How to draw polygons from the python console?

Importing shapefile to PostGIS using Python and ogr

Get field names of shapefiles using GDAL

Finding nearest point in other GeoDataFrame using GeoPandas

Getting polygon areas using GeoPandas

Check if a point falls within a multipolygon with Python

Is it possible to look at the contents of Shapefile using Python without an ArcMap license?

Creating line with three points with Python in QGIS?

Getting field names in PyQGIS

Creating fishnet grid Shapefile in QGIS?

Intersecting lines to get crossings using Python with QGIS?

Python Script for getting elevation difference between two points

Creating polygon grid using GeoPandas

Adding Direction and Distance into attribute table in QGIS

Converting polygon into single or all points in QGIS

Finding Nearest Line Segments to Point using shapely?

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

Extract raster values within shapefile with pygeoprocessing or gdal

Creating points in specified distance along line using QGIS？

What units are used by GeoPandas/Shapely area and distance functions?

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