Input/output

GIS vector files

read_file(filename[, bbox, mask, rows])	Returns a GeoDataFrame from a file or URL.
GeoDataFrame.to_file(self, filename[, …])	Write the GeoDataFrame to a file.

PostGIS

read_postgis(sql, con[, geom_col, crs, …])	Returns a GeoDataFrame corresponding to the result of the query string, which must contain a geometry column in WKB representation.
GeoDataFrame.to_postgis(self, name, con[, …])	Upload GeoDataFrame into PostGIS database.

Feather

read_feather(path[, columns])	Load a Feather object from the file path, returning a GeoDataFrame.
GeoDataFrame.to_feather(self, path[, index, …])	Write a GeoDataFrame to the Feather format.

Parquet

read_parquet(path[, columns])	Load a Parquet object from the file path, returning a GeoDataFrame.
GeoDataFrame.to_parquet(self, path[, index, …])	Write a GeoDataFrame to the Parquet format.

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