I have a DataFrame (df) like this:
PointID Time geojson
---- ---- ----
36F 2016-04-01T03:52:30 {'type': 'Point', 'coordinates': [3.961389, 43.123]}
36G 2016-04-01T03:52:50 {'type': 'Point', 'coordinates': [3.543234, 43.789]}
The geojson column contains data in geoJSON format (esentially, a Python dict).
I want to create a new column in geoJSON format, which includes the time coordinate. In other words, I want to inject the time information into the geoJSON info.
For a single value, I can successfully do:
oldjson = df.iloc[0]['geojson']
newjson = [df['coordinates'][0], df['coordinates'][1], df.iloc[0]['time'] ]
For a single parameter, I successfully used dataFrame.apply in combination with lambda (thanks to SO: related question
But now, I have two parameters, and I want to use it on the whole DataFrame. As I am not confident with the .apply syntax and lambda, I do not know if this is even possible. I would like to do something like this:
def inject_time(geojson, time):
"""
Injects Time dimension into geoJSON coordinates. Expects a dict in geojson POINT format.
"""
geojson['coordinates'] = [geojson['coordinates'][0], geojson['coordinates'][1], time]
return geojson
df["newcolumn"] = df["geojson"].apply(lambda x: inject_time(x, df['time'])))
...but that does not work, because the function would inject the whole series.
EDIT: I figured that the format of the timestamped geoJSON should be something like this:
TimestampedGeoJson({
"type": "FeatureCollection",
"features": [
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"type": "LineString",
"coordinates": [[-70,-25],[-70,35],[70,35]],
},
"properties": {
"times": [1435708800000, 1435795200000, 1435881600000]
}
}
]
})
So the time element is in the properties element, but this does not change the problem much.