exercises/Shapely exercise.ipynb

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    "from shapely.geometry import Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiPoint, GeometryCollection"
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    "# Part 1\n",
    "\n",
    "Construct a list of 6 point objects with x-coordinates `[0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2]` and y-coordinates `[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1]`."
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    "## Part 2\n",
    "\n",
    "Construct a `LineString` from all the points.\n",
    "\n",
    "Calculate the buffer around the line of distance 0.5. What type of geometry is the result?"
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    "## Part 3\n",
    "\n",
    "Create a square and two triangles using the points in Part 1 as vertices.\n",
    "\n",
    "- What is the intersection of the two triangles?\n",
    "- Test whether the square intersects each of the triangles.\n",
    "- Calculate the union of all the shapes.\n",
    "\n",
    "(The answers will depend on how you arrange your polygons)."
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    "## BONUS\n",
    "\n",
    "Take a look at the `__geo_interface__` property of some of your objects. What is it?"
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    "## EXTRA BONUS\n",
    "\n",
    "Try plotting your geometries with `matplotlib` (and `descartes` to help with polygons)."
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