momepy.fractal_dimension

momepy.fractal_dimension(geometry)

Calculates fractal dimension based on area and perimeter.

\[{2log({{perimeter} \over {4}})} \over log(area)\]

Based on [McGarigal and Marks, 1995].

Parameters:

geometryGeoDataFrame | GeoSeries

A GeoDataFrame or GeoSeries containing polygons to analyse.

Returns:

Series

Examples

>>> path = momepy.datasets.get_path("bubenec")
>>> buildings = geopandas.read_file(path, layer="buildings")
>>> momepy.fractal_dimension(buildings)
0      1.072678
1      1.182350
2      1.018422
3      1.048314
4      1.017328
        ...
139    1.014975
140    1.033581
141    1.064103
142    1.022617
143    1.000008
Length: 144, dtype: float64