import geopandas as gpd
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
from shapely.geometry import Point
gpd1 = gpd.GeoDataFrame([['John', 1, Point(1, 1)], ['Smith', 1, Point(2, 2)],
['Soap', 1, Point(0, 2)]],
columns=['Name', 'ID', 'geometry'])
gpd2 = gpd.GeoDataFrame([['Work', Point(0, 1.1)], ['Shops', Point(2.5, 2)],
['Home', Point(1, 1.1)]],
columns=['Place', 'geometry'])
def ckdnearest(gdA, gdB):
nA = np.array(list(gdA.geometry.apply(lambda x: (x.x, x.y))))
nB = np.array(list(gdB.geometry.apply(lambda x: (x.x, x.y))))
btree = cKDTree(nB)
dist, idx = btree.query(nA, k=1)
gdf = pd.concat(
[gdA.reset_index(drop=True), gdB.loc[idx, gdB.columns != 'geometry'].reset_index(drop=True),
pd.Series(dist, name='dist')], axis=1)
return gdf
ckdnearest(gpd1, gpd2)