I encountered numerous errors when I attempted to install the earthpy Python module and here’s how I eventually got it to work:

pip install wheel
pip install pipwin

pipwin install numpy
pipwin install pandas
pipwin install shapely
pipwin install gdal
pipwin install seaborn
pipwin install fiona
pipwin install pyproj
pipwin install rasterio

pip install earthpy

NOTE: both pip and pipwin are used.

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