Installation/setup won't work on OSX without libspatialindex because of rtree dependency

[mpacer]

I tried to follow the installation instructions, but when it came time to install geopandas from the git repository, it ran into issues when trying to install rtree. I traced this down to needing libspatialindex, which can be obtained using brew install spatialindex, and then rtree installed just fine.

Note, this solution only works for OSX because it relies on homebrew, but I imagine there are similar solutions for other operating systems.

[kjordahl]

Sorry I missed seeing this issue before the tutorial. Glad you figured it out.

[dikkedimi]

this helped me install rtree on macos catalina

[horsto]

Saved me under macos catalina too, thanks!