xarray.DataArray.xvec.encode_wkb

DataArray.xvec.encode_wkb()

Encode geometries to Well-Known Binary (WKB) format.

This method converts all geometry coordinates and data variables in the DataArray or Dataset to WKB format. CRS information is stored in the attributes of the encoded geometries as PROJJSON. CRS information on variable geometry is assumed to be stored using the xproj package. Additionally, the wkb_encoded_geometry attribute equal to True is added to avoid ambiguity during the decoding step.

Returns:

xr.DataArray or xr.Dataset

A new object with geometries encoded in WKB format.