Cannot make GeoDataFrame from Shapely Polygons: NotImplementedError: A polygon does not itself provide the array interface. Its rings do

Question

This is code that used to work previously, but doesn't anymore:

import geopandas as gp
from shapely.geometry import Polygon

a = Polygon([(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1), (1, 0)])
b = Polygon([(0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 2), (1, 1)])
c = Polygon([(1, 0), (1, 1), (2, 1), (2, 0)])
d = Polygon([(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)])
df = gp.GeoDataFrame({"ID": ["a", "b", "c", "d"], "geometry": [a, b, c, d]})

The error I get is this:

NotImplementedError: A polygon does not itself provide the array interface. Its rings do.

Why could this be happening? My GeoPandas version is 0.81 and Shapely version is 1.71.

Unexampled

your code looks fine. i tired it with geopands 0.8.1 and shapely 1.71 and it worked too. any other logs or changes you can think of? – Hass

any update on this? I believe it should be the installation. I got the same error when opening gjson files with geopandas – Tar

What version of numpy do you have? I had it work with Shapely==1.7.1, geopandas==0.10.2, numpy==1.20.3 – Seaworthy

Answer 1

I got the same error with Shapely==1.7.1 geopandas==0.9.0 numpy==1.23.1, changing numpy==1.22.4 works for me.

Chet

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If you are using conda for updating packages: the suggested numpy version (1.22.4) is currently not available from the default conda channel. So you first need to add the conda-forge channel: conda config --append channels conda-forge. Then, you will be able to download the newer version of numpy: conda install numpy>=1.22.4. – Quadrature

Answer 2

Upgrading Shapely==1.8.4 from 1.7.1 resolved my issues.

Thumbscrew

Shapely==1.8.4 solves the issue. You might run into other compatibility issues if you upgrade to Shapely==1.8.5 – Lactometer

Answer 3

The error NotImplementedError: Component rings have coordinate sequences, but the polygon does not typically occurs when attempting to convert a polygonal geometry object (Polygon) to a list of coordinates using the coords property and the geometry object does not have an associated list of coordinates.

To fix this error, make sure that the geometry object you are trying to convert is a valid polygonal geometry object and has an associated list of coordinates. One way to do this is to use the exterior.coords method instead of coords to access the coordinates of the polygon.

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