Geopandas ImportError: The descartes package is required for plotting polygons in geopandas

Question

I'am trying to run a simple geopandas code using ANACONDA spyder. However, I'am encountering an error.

I have included the code and the error as below:

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here is the code:

import geopandas as gpd
world = gpd.read_file(gpd.datasets.get_path('naturalearth_lowres'))
world.plot()
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.show()

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here is the error:

File "C:\Users\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\geopandas\plotting.py", line 90, in plot_polygon_collection "The descartes package is required for plotting polygons in geopandas."

ImportError: The descartes package is required for plotting polygons in geopandas.

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I checked online and I couldn't find troubleshooting solution for this problem. Can anyone please help and advise?

appreciated.

Answer 1

Depending on your package manager install descartes. In anaconda prompt do the following:

conda install descartes

Replace conda with pip or an other package manager of your use.