geopandas

Geographic pandas extensions

geopandas Permissive license BSD-3-Clause Active ★ 5,222 v1.1.4 released 2026-06-26

Install

geopandas on PyPI

pip

pip install geopandas

uv

uv add geopandas

poetry

poetry add geopandas

Package facts

License	BSD-3-Clause (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	6 — numpy, pyogrio, packaging, pandas, pyproj, shapely
Maintenance	actively maintained — 48 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-12
First released	2013-08-01
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: geopandas-1.1.4-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: GIS, cartography, pandas, shapely

Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: Science/ResearchOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyTopic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS

About geopandas

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

GeoPandas is a project to add support for geographic data to pandas_ objects.

The goal of GeoPandas is to make working with geospatial data in python easier. It combines the capabilities of pandas and shapely, providing geospatial operations in pandas and a high-level interface to multiple geometries to shapely. GeoPandas enables you to easily do operations in python that would otherwise require a spatial database such as PostGIS.

.. _pandas: https://pandas.pydata.org .. _shapely: https://shapely.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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GeoPandas extends pandas with geospatial data support, combining pandas DataFrames with shapely geometries to enable spatial operations that would otherwise require a database like PostGIS.

Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Active maintenance (48 days since latest release, last commit 2026-08-12) and 5222 GitHub stars signal a well-maintained project. Six runtime dependencies (numpy, pandas, shapely, pyproj, pyogrio, packaging) are all established packages.

BSD-3-Clause is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions beyond attribution and liability disclaimers.

Usage

pip install geopandas
import geopandas as gpd
from shapely.geometry import Point
gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame({'geometry': [Point(0, 0), Point(1, 1)]})

Requires Python >=3.10; pyproj and pyogrio may require system libraries for full geospatial functionality.

Verdict: GeoPandas is a production-stable, actively maintained geospatial library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. It is well-suited for spatial data analysis workflows that combine pandas operations with geometry handling.

Needs verification

Whether pyogrio and pyproj require compiled system dependencies or optional build tools on specific platforms.
Performance characteristics for large geospatial datasets relative to alternatives.

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