https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1197063#M7597 <P>pdf = p.spatial.join(city_df, how='inner', op='intersects')</P><P>I am receiving the below error or similar to it when I try to execute the above spatial join operation.&nbsp; &nbsp;I am trying to extract County parcels for our municipality using an ArcGIS Online notebook.&nbsp; &nbsp;I can easily get this to work using arcpy functions in the advanced notebook, but I would like to be able to achieve this using only the ArcGIS API for Python.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>TopologicalError: The operation 'GEOSContains_r' could not be performed. Likely cause is invalidity of the geometry &lt;shapely.geometry.multipolygon.MultiPolygon object.&nbsp; &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have seen in Shapely 1.8 there is a make_valid function added, but the ArcGIS Online Notebooks only have 1.6.4 package.&nbsp; &nbsp;Is there a way to replicate this functionality to enable the spatial join to proceed?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>I would note that the spatial join is successful if I query the County parcels feature service for only those with a last_edited_date within 30days.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:11:24 GMT ebarr_indepmo 2022-07-28T20:11:24Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1197063#M7597 <P>pdf = p.spatial.join(city_df, how='inner', op='intersects')</P><P>I am receiving the below error or similar to it when I try to execute the above spatial join operation.&nbsp; &nbsp;I am trying to extract County parcels for our municipality using an ArcGIS Online notebook.&nbsp; &nbsp;I can easily get this to work using arcpy functions in the advanced notebook, but I would like to be able to achieve this using only the ArcGIS API for Python.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>TopologicalError: The operation 'GEOSContains_r' could not be performed. Likely cause is invalidity of the geometry &lt;shapely.geometry.multipolygon.MultiPolygon object.&nbsp; &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have seen in Shapely 1.8 there is a make_valid function added, but the ArcGIS Online Notebooks only have 1.6.4 package.&nbsp; &nbsp;Is there a way to replicate this functionality to enable the spatial join to proceed?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>I would note that the spatial join is successful if I query the County parcels feature service for only those with a last_edited_date within 30days.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:11:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1197063#M7597 ebarr_indepmo 2022-07-28T20:11:24Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1197128#M7598 <P>What version of the ArcGIS Python API is your Notebook using? I know that spatial dataframe overlays got some improvements in 2.0.</P> Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:25:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1197128#M7598 jcarlson 2022-07-28T21:25:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1198001#M7599 <P>The ArcGIS Online Notebook has arcgis 1.9.1</P> Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:42:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/multi-polygon-causing-error-with-spatial-join-of/m-p/1198001#M7599 ebarr_indepmo 2022-08-01T14:42:03Z