Measuring distances

Distances can be computed between trajectories as well as between trajectories and other geometry objects. The implemented distance measures are:

• Shortest distance
• Hausdorff distance

import pandas as pd
import geopandas as gpd
import movingpandas as mpd
import shapely as shp
import hvplot.pandas 
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from geopandas import GeoDataFrame, read_file
from shapely.geometry import Point, LineString, Polygon
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from holoviews import opts, dim

import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')

plot_defaults = {'linewidth':5, 'capstyle':'round', 'figsize':(9,3), 'legend':True}
opts.defaults(opts.Overlay(active_tools=['wheel_zoom']))
hvplot_defaults = {'tiles':'CartoLight', 'frame_height':320, 'frame_width':320, 'cmap':'Viridis', 'colorbar':True}

mpd.show_versions()