Convert a list of coordinates (e.g. lat, long) with an id in a csv to a shapefile and GeoPandas gdf

csv_to_shp_points.py

#import rquired packages
import pandas as pd
import geopandas as gpd
from shapely.geometry import Point

#read data and check column names (for coords)
df = pd.read_csv("data/StationLocationIGS.csv")
df.columns

#create geometry column from lat and long using shapely
df['geometry'] = df.apply(lambda row: Point(row.lng, row.lat), axis=1)

#convert pandas df to geopandas gdf (and check)
gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(df)
gdf.head()

#write to file
gdf.to_file("data/stations.shp")

#read shp back in to a gdf to check
check = gpd.read_file("data/stations.shp")
check.plot()