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• src/gis_mcp/pysal_functions.py:396-453 (handler)

  Main handler function for the 'join_counts_local' tool. Loads spatial data, creates distance-based weights, handles isolated units, computes local join counts using esda.Join_Counts_Local, and returns results with preview.
  @gis_mcp.tool() def join_counts_local(shapefile_path: str, dependent_var: str = "LAND_USE", target_crs: str = "EPSG:4326", distance_threshold: float = 100000) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Local Join Counts.""" gdf, y, w, (threshold, unit), err = pysal_load_data(shapefile_path, dependent_var, target_crs, distance_threshold) if err: return {"status": "error", "message": err} # Handle islands - if all points are islands, fall back to KNN weights for connectivity import libpysal if w.islands: if len(w.islands) == len(gdf): # All points are islands - fall back to KNN weights try: # Use k=4 for a 5x5 grid to ensure connectivity w = libpysal.weights.KNN.from_dataframe(gdf, k=4) w.transform = 'r' except Exception as e: return {"status": "error", "message": f"All units are islands and KNN fallback failed: {str(e)}"} else: # Some islands - filter them out keep_idx = [i for i in range(len(gdf)) if i not in set(w.islands)] if len(keep_idx) == 0: return {"status": "error", "message": "All units are islands (no neighbors). Try increasing distance_threshold."} # Filter data gdf_filtered = gdf.iloc[keep_idx].reset_index(drop=True) y_filtered = y[keep_idx] # Rebuild weights without islands using the same threshold w_filtered = libpysal.weights.DistanceBand.from_dataframe( gdf_filtered, threshold=threshold, # Use the effective threshold already calculated in pysal_load_data binary=False ) w_filtered.transform = 'r' gdf, y, w = gdf_filtered, y_filtered, w_filtered import esda stat = esda.Join_Counts_Local(y, w) preview = gdf[['geometry', dependent_var]].head(5).copy() preview['geometry'] = preview['geometry'].apply(lambda g: g.wkt) # Join_Counts_Local has LJC attribute ljc_val = None if hasattr(stat, "LJC"): ljc_val = stat.LJC.tolist() if hasattr(stat.LJC, "tolist") else list(stat.LJC) elif hasattr(stat, "local_join_counts"): ljc_val = stat.local_join_counts.tolist() if hasattr(stat.local_join_counts, "tolist") else list(stat.local_join_counts) elif hasattr(stat, "ljc"): ljc_val = stat.ljc.tolist() if hasattr(stat.ljc, "tolist") else list(stat.ljc) return { "status": "success", "message": f"Local Join Counts completed successfully (threshold: {threshold} {unit})", "result": { "local_join_counts": ljc_val, "data_preview": preview.to_dict(orient="records") } }
• src/gis_mcp/pysal_functions.py:108-135 (helper)

  Helper function used by join_counts_local (and other tools) to load GeoDataFrame from shapefile, reproject, extract dependent variable, create and row-standardize distance band spatial weights, and handle basic island isolation.
  def pysal_load_data(shapefile_path: str, dependent_var: str, target_crs: str, distance_threshold: float): """Common loader and weight creation for esda statistics.""" if not os.path.exists(shapefile_path): return None, None, None, None, f"Shapefile not found: {shapefile_path}" gdf = gpd.read_file(shapefile_path) if dependent_var not in gdf.columns: return None, None, None, None, f"Dependent variable '{dependent_var}' not found in shapefile columns" gdf = gdf.to_crs(target_crs) effective_threshold = distance_threshold unit = "meters" if target_crs.upper() == "EPSG:4326": effective_threshold = distance_threshold / 111000 unit = "degrees" y = gdf[dependent_var].values.astype(np.float64) import libpysal w = libpysal.weights.DistanceBand.from_dataframe(gdf, threshold=effective_threshold, binary=False) w.transform = 'r' for island in w.islands: w.weights[island] = [0] * len(w.weights[island]) w.cardinalities[island] = 0 return gdf, y, w, (effective_threshold, unit), None
• src/gis_mcp/pysal_functions.py:13-28 (registration)

  GIS resource endpoint listing available ESDA/PySAL operations, including 'join_counts_local' as one of the supported tools.
  @gis_mcp.resource("gis://operations/esda") def get_spatial_operations() -> Dict[str, List[str]]: """List available spatial analysis operations. This is for esda library. They are using pysal library.""" return { "operations": [ "getis_ord_g", "morans_i", "gearys_c", "gamma_statistic", "moran_local", "getis_ord_g_local", "join_counts", "join_counts_local", "adbscan" ] }