geo-l1-capetown-building-centroids
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The addressing tool only renders points, so I need a centroid layer off `capetown_buildings` — one centroid per footprint. Keep the building IDs so we can join back to the polygon master later: ensure the output carries a `building_id` column with the building identifier from the input. Every row must have a non-empty `building_id`.
Write the result to `building_centroids.geojson` as a GeoJSON FeatureCollection with Point geometry only and the `building_id` column described above.
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System info
{
"adapter": "openrouter",
"model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash",
"base_url": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
}
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Let me start by examining the input data to understand its structure.
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Bash
ls /work/
capetown_buildings.cpg capetown_buildings.dbf capetown_buildings.prj capetown_buildings.shp capetown_buildings.shx
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Let me first inspect the shapefile to understand its structure, especially the building ID field.
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Bash
cd /work && python -c "
cd /work && python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
gdf = gpd.read_file('capetown_buildings.shp')
print('Columns:', gdf.columns.tolist())
print('Shape:', gdf.shape)
print(gdf.dtypes)
print(gdf.head(3))
print(gdf.crs)
"
Columns: ['building_i', 'geometry'] Shape: (122, 2) building_i str geometry geometry dtype: object building_i geometry 0 BLD00001 POLYGON ((261901.274 6243490.255, 261869.707 6... 1 BLD00002 POLYGON ((261917.732 6243289.478, 261986.733 6... 2 BLD00003 POLYGON ((261757.159 6243198.786, 261777.731 6... EPSG:32734
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The input has a column `building_i` (string type) with IDs like "BLD00001". The output needs a `building_id` column. So I need to compute centroids, rename `building_i` to `building_id`, and write to GeoJSON.
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Write
/work/solve.py
content · 26 lines · py
import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
# Read the building footprints
gdf = gpd.read_file('/work/capetown_buildings.shp')
# Compute centroids
centroids = gdf.copy()
centroids['geometry'] = centroids.geometry.centroid
# Rename building_i to building_id
centroids = centroids.rename(columns={'building_i': 'building_id'})
# Ensure every row has a non-empty building_id
assert centroids['building_id'].notna().all(), "Some building IDs are NaN"
assert (centroids['building_id'] != '').all(), "Some building IDs are empty strings"
# Keep only the two required columns
centroids = centroids[['building_id', 'geometry']]
# Write to GeoJSON
centroids.to_file('/work/building_centroids.geojson', driver='GeoJSON')
print("Written building_centroids.geojson")
print(f"Number of features: {len(centroids)}")
print(centroids.head())Wrote /work/solve.py (832 chars).
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Let me run the script.
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Bash
cd /work && python solve.py
Written building_centroids.geojson Number of features: 122 building_id geometry 0 BLD00001 POINT (262131.639 6243436.712) 1 BLD00002 POINT (261950.751 6243258.841) 2 BLD00003 POINT (261763.586 6243178.854) 3 BLD00004 POINT (261684.818 6243473.068) 4 BLD00005 POINT (261890.235 6243301.424)
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Let me verify the output file to make sure it's valid GeoJSON.
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Bash
cd /work && python -c "
cd /work && python -c "
import geopandas as gpd
gdf = gpd.read_file('building_centroids.geojson')
print('CRS:', gdf.crs)
print('Columns:', gdf.columns.tolist())
print('Geometry type:', gdf.geometry.type.unique())
print('Shape:', gdf.shape)
print('All building_id non-empty:', gdf['building_id'].notna().all() and (gdf['building_id'] != '').all())
print(gdf.head())
"
CRS: EPSG:32734 Columns: ['building_id', 'geometry'] Geometry type: <ArrowStringArray> ['Point'] Length: 1, dtype: str Shape: (122, 2) All building_id non-empty: True building_id geometry 0 BLD00001 POINT (262131.639 6243436.712) 1 BLD00002 POINT (261950.751 6243258.841) 2 BLD00003 POINT (261763.586 6243178.854) 3 BLD00004 POINT (261684.818 6243473.068) 4 BLD00005 POINT (261890.235 6243301.424)
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The file is created successfully. Let me verify the output one more time.
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