GIS IO

buildingmodel.io.gis.clean_geometry(buildings)[source]

  • Ensures that building geometries are Polygons. If they are MultiPolygons, the first Polygon is taken. If they

are neither, an exception is raised * Removes 3rd coordinate if it is present * Orients the polygon in counter clockwise order

Parameters:

buildings

Returns:

buildingmodel.io.gis.load_data(building_data, parameters)[source]

Loads GIS building data

loads a GeoDataframe describing building data, orients the polygons in CCW and checks the validity of the parameters and geometry

Parameters:

  • building_data (GeoDataframe or str) – either a GeoDataframe containing building data or a path to a GIS file

  • parameters (Parameters) – global parameter

Returns:

GeoDataframe containing validated geometry and building description data

Return type:

GeoDataframe

buildingmodel.io.gis.set_district(buildings, parameters)[source]
Parameters:

buildings

Returns:

buildingmodel.io.gis.set_residential_only(buildings)[source]

Use the main_usage and secondary_usage to determine if a building has only a residential usage :param buildings:

Returns:

buildingmodel.io.gis.set_residential_type(buildings)[source]
Parameters:

buildings

Returns: