geopandas.GeoDataFrame.rename_geometry¶

GeoDataFrame.rename_geometry(col, inplace=False)¶

Renames the GeoDataFrame geometry column to the specified name. By default yields a new object.

The original geometry column is replaced with the input.

Parameters

colnew geometry column label
inplaceboolean, default False: Modify the GeoDataFrame in place (do not create a new object)

Returns

geodataframeGeoDataFrame

See also

GeoDataFrame.set_geometry: set the active geometry

Examples

>>> from shapely.geometry import Point
>>> d = {'col1': ['name1', 'name2'], 'geometry': [Point(1, 2), Point(2, 1)]}
>>> df = geopandas.GeoDataFrame(d, crs="EPSG:4326")
>>> df1 = df.rename_geometry('geom1')
>>> df1.geometry.name
'geom1'
>>> df.rename_geometry('geom1', inplace=True)
>>> df.geometry.name
'geom1'

geopandas.GeoDataFrame.estimate_utm_crs geopandas.GeoDataFrame.set_geometry