geopandas · davila7 — Claude Code skill: geodata and setup
This skill gives Claude Code a workflow for reading, transforming, and analyzing vector geodata. Use it for spatial operations, coordinate systems, area calculations, and maps.
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/geopandasWhat geopandas does
The skill equips Claude Code to work with GeoPandas-style vector data. It covers loading and exporting Shapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Parquet, and PostGIS data, changing coordinate reference systems, buffering shapes, dissolving boundaries, spatial joins, overlays, and clipping.
Its guidance includes GeoSeries and GeoDataFrame, filtered reads, Arrow-backed file output, geometry operations, and map creation. Optional packages named in the skill cover interactive maps, classification schemes, PostGIS connections, basemaps, and cartographic projections.
Area and distance results depend on the coordinate system. Use a projected CRS for those calculations and check the layer CRS before running them.
What it helps with
- read vector layers from GeoJSON or GeoPackage
- transform a layer into another CRS
- join points to polygons by spatial relation
- calculate geometry areas and distances
- export analysis results to GeoPackage or PostGIS
Example prompts for the agent
- Inspect
data.geojson, check its CRS, and calculate feature areas. - Join
points.geojsonto the polygon layer by location, then save the result asresults.gpkg. - Create an interactive map using the
populationcolumn and save it tomap.html.
How to install geopandas
1claude-code-templates
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/geopandas2Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill geopandas -a claude-code3Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/geopandas/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/geopandas/
Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/geopandas/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/geopandas/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates geopandas2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/geopandas/SKILL.mdPlatform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/geopandasManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/geopandas/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Claude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about geopandas
How do I install geopandas in Claude Code?
Run npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/geopandas.
What does the geopandas skill do?
It guides Claude Code through vector-data work with GeoPandas, including file I/O, CRS transforms, spatial analysis, geometry operations, and maps.
Which CRS should I use for area and distance calculations?
Use a projected CRS. Check the layer CRS first, then transform it when the current CRS is not suitable for measurement.
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All skills for Data and databases →geopandas by other authors comes first.