diff --git a/geemap/common.py b/geemap/common.py
index 573dc31f0d..b68a0e245b 100644
--- a/geemap/common.py
+++ b/geemap/common.py
@@ -8737,3 +8737,64 @@ def create_download_button(
         return
     except Exception as e:
         raise Exception(e)
+
+
+def gdf_to_geojson(gdf, out_geojson=None, epsg=None):
+    """Converts a GeoDataFame to GeoJSON.
+
+    Args:
+        gdf (GeoDataFrame): A GeoPandas GeoDataFrame.
+        out_geojson (str, optional): File path to he output GeoJSON. Defaults to None.
+        epsg (str, optional): An EPSG string, e.g., "4326". Defaults to None.
+
+    Raises:
+        TypeError: When the output file extension is incorrect.
+        Exception: When the conversion fails.
+
+    Returns:
+        dict: When the out_json is None returns a dict.
+    """
+    check_package(name="geopandas", URL="https://geopandas.org")
+
+    try:
+        if epsg is not None:
+            gdf = gdf.to_crs(epsg=epsg)
+        geojson = gdf.__geo_interface__
+
+        if out_geojson is None:
+            return geojson
+        else:
+            ext = os.path.splitext(out_geojson)[1]
+            if ext.lower() not in [".json", ".geojson"]:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    "The output file extension must be either .json or .geojson"
+                )
+            out_dir = os.path.dirname(out_geojson)
+            if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
+                os.makedirs(out_dir)
+
+            gdf.to_file(out_geojson, driver="GeoJSON")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(e)
+
+
+def temp_file_path(extension):
+    """Returns a temporary file path.
+
+    Args:
+        extension (str): The file extension.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The temporary file path.
+    """
+
+    import tempfile
+    import os
+    import uuid
+
+    if not extension.startswith("."):
+        extension = "." + extension
+    file_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    file_path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), f"{file_id}{extension}")
+
+    return file_path
diff --git a/geemap/foliumap.py b/geemap/foliumap.py
index 71fe5e9af0..ff907e0df6 100644
--- a/geemap/foliumap.py
+++ b/geemap/foliumap.py
@@ -364,6 +364,15 @@ def zoom_to_bounds(self, bounds):
         #  The folium fit_bounds method takes lat/lon bounds in the form [[south, west], [north, east]].
         self.fit_bounds([[bounds[1], bounds[0]], [bounds[3], bounds[2]]])
 
+    def zoom_to_gdf(self, gdf):
+        """Zooms to the bounding box of a GeoPandas GeoDataFrame.
+
+        Args:
+            gdf (GeoDataFrame): A GeoPandas GeoDataFrame.
+        """
+        bounds = gdf.total_bounds
+        self.zoom_to_bounds(bounds)
+
     def center_object(self, ee_object, zoom=10):
         """Centers the map view on a given object.
 
@@ -916,6 +925,30 @@ def add_kml(self, in_kml, layer_name="Untitled", **kwargs):
         geo_json.add_to(self)
         # os.remove(out_json)
 
+    def add_gdf(self, gdf, layer_name="Untitled", zoom_to_layer=True, **kwargs):
+        """Adds a GeoPandas GeoDataFrameto the map.
+
+        Args:
+            gdf (GeoDataFrame): A GeoPandas GeoDataFrame.
+            layer_name (str, optional): The layer name to be used. Defaults to "Untitled".
+            zoom_to_layer (bool, optional): Whether to zoom to the layer.
+
+        """
+
+        data = gdf_to_geojson(gdf, epsg="4326")
+
+        self.add_geojson(data, layer_name=layer_name, **kwargs)
+
+        if zoom_to_layer:
+            import numpy as np
+
+            bounds = gdf.to_crs(epsg="4326").bounds
+            west = np.min(bounds["minx"])
+            south = np.min(bounds["miny"])
+            east = np.max(bounds["maxx"])
+            north = np.max(bounds["maxy"])
+            self.fit_bounds([[south, east], [north, west]])
+
     def add_osm(
         self,
         query,