VAR.read_geojson_xz

classmethod VAR.read_geojson_xz(path_to_file, engine=None, parse_geometry=False)[source]

Read/parse a compressed Osmium GeoJSON (.geojson.xz) data file.

Parameters:

  • path_to_file (str) – path to a .geojson.xz data file

  • engine (str | None) – an open-source Python package for JSON serialization, defaults to None; when engine=None, it refers to the built-in json module; otherwise options include: 'ujson' (for UltraJSON), 'orjson' (for orjson) and 'rapidjson' (for python-rapidjson)

  • parse_geometry (bool) – whether to reformat coordinates into a geometric object, defaults to False

Returns:

tabular data of the Osmium GeoJSON file

Return type:

pandas.DataFrame

See also