momepy.Orientation¶

class momepy.Orientation(gdf)[source]¶

Calculate the orientation of object

Defined as an orientation of the longext axis of bounding rectangle in range 0 - 45. It captures the deviation of orientation from cardinal directions.

Parameters

gdfGeoDataFrame

GeoDataFrame containing objects to analyse

References

Schirmer PM and Axhausen KW (2015) A multiscale classification of urban morphology. Journal of Transport and Land Use 9(1): 101–130. (adapted)

Examples

>>> buildings_df['orientation'] = momepy.Orientation(buildings_df).series
100%|██████████| 144/144 [00:00<00:00, 630.54it/s]
>>> buildings_df['orientation'][0]
41.05146788287027

Attributes

seriesSeries

Series containing resulting values

gdfGeoDataFrame

original GeoDataFrame

__init__(self, gdf)[source]¶

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

__init__(self, gdf)

Initialize self.