Constructive Methods: Centroid, Buffer, and Simplify

In this lesson, we’ll take a closer look at the following common constructive methods in GeoPandas and explore how they work:

• Centroid

• Buffer

• Simplify

Centroid

This method calculates the centroid of a geometry. The centroid is the center point of the geometry. The output is a new point geometry that represents the centroid. To illustrate, we can use the US States dataset and plot its centroids. In the following code snippet, we open the US States dataset (line 5), extract its ...