pandas.DataFrame.xyz.s_from_xy

DataFrame.xyz.s_from_xy(**kwargs)[source]

Calculate cumulative distances from GPS coordinates.

Parameters

  • **lat (scalar) – column label in the record DataFrame containing latitude coordinates along the route in degrees N (-90, 90). Must be numeric dtype. If a label is not provided, the parameter name itself is used.

  • **lon (scalar) – column label in the record DataFrame containing longitude coordinates along the route in degrees E (-180, 180). Must be numeric dtype. If a label is not provided, the parameter name itself is used.

Returns

cumulative distances along the route in meters.

Return type

pandas.Series