{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291/events","html_url":"https://github.com/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291","id":143847870,"number":291,"title":"add `get_geometry` method for GeoDataFrames?","user":{"login":"nickeubank","id":9683693,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9683693?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank","html_url":"https://github.com/nickeubank","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-03-27T21:02:27Z","updated_at":"2016-03-27T21:37:07Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Right now, it looks like the only way to see which column is the active geometry column is to look at the `_geometry_column_name` attribute. But I was always taught users should never go near things that start with an underscore. \r\n\r\nShould we add a `get_geometry` to match `set_geometry`? Something that just gives back value of `_geometry_column_name`?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas/issues/comments/202148683","html_url":"https://github.com/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291#issuecomment-202148683","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopandas/geopandas/issues/291","id":202148683,"user":{"login":"nickeubank","id":9683693,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9683693?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank","html_url":"https://github.com/nickeubank","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nickeubank/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-27T21:37:07Z","updated_at":"2016-03-27T21:37:07Z","body":"@jorisvandenbossche Does that work even if you have a column named \"geometry\"? How does it handle that collision?"}}