My code is
from geopandas.tools import sjoin
ref_bts_adm = sjoin(Airport, ref_adm, how='left', op = 'within')
The error message
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ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-10-5c31e9843a8a> in <module>
1 from geopandas.tools import sjoin
----> 2 ref_bts_adm = sjoin(Airport, ref_adm, how='left', op = 'within')
~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geopandas/tools/sjoin.py in sjoin(left_df, right_df, how, op, lsuffix, rsuffix)
87 _basic_checks(left_df, right_df, how, lsuffix, rsuffix)
88
---> 89 indices = _geom_predicate_query(left_df, right_df, op)
90
91 joined = _frame_join(indices, left_df, right_df, how, lsuffix, rsuffix)
~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geopandas/tools/sjoin.py in _geom_predicate_query(left_df, right_df, op)
171 # see discussion at https://github.com/geopandas/geopandas/pull/1421
172 predicate = "contains"
--> 173 sindex = left_df.sindex
174 input_geoms = right_df.geometry
175 else:
~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geopandas/base.py in sindex(self)
2628 [2]])
2629 """
-> 2630 return self.geometry.values.sindex
2631
2632 @property
~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geopandas/array.py in sindex(self)
307 def sindex(self):
308 if self._sindex is None:
--> 309 self._sindex = _get_sindex_class()(self.data)
310 return self._sindex
311
~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geopandas/sindex.py in _get_sindex_class()
20 return RTreeIndex
21 raise ImportError(
---> 22 "Spatial indexes require either `rtree` or `pygeos`. "
23 "See installation instructions at https://geopandas.org/install.html"
24 )
ImportError: Spatial indexes require either `rtree` or `pygeos`. See installation instructions at https://geopandas.org/install.html
Basically I have similar error with this
ImportError: Spatial indexes require either `rtree` or `pygeos` in geopanda but rtree is installed
But I don't have sudo right
I had a similar issue and solved it by installing libspatialindex via spack, e.g., spack install libspatialindex (note: this installs the library in your homedir and does not require sudo privileges). Then you can pip install pygeos and rtree, as indicated in the other answers.