lat_long_binning

lat_long_binning(
    latitude,
    longitude,
    grid_size_latitude=0.01,
    grid_size_longitude=0.01,
)

A function that is used to bin latitude and longitude into different groups

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
latitude	float	Latitude in degrees (-90 to 90)	required
longitude	float	Longitude in degrees (-180 to 180)	required
grid_size_latitude	float	Grid size of latitude in degrees	0.01
grid_size_longitude	float	Grid size of longitude in degrees	0.01

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	str	Identifier of the binned latitude–longitude grid cell

Raises

Name	Type	Description
	TypeError	If latitude, longitude, grid_size_latitude, or grid_size_longitude are not numeric.
	ValueError	If latitude is outside [-90, 90], longitude is outside [-180, 180], or if either grid size is less than or equal to 0.

Examples

>>> lat_long_binning(49.2593, -123.2475)
'49.25_-123.25'