Geograpy模块调用触发UnicodeDecodeError，请求技术解决方案

Looks like you're hitting an encoding issue with Geograpy's internal data loading. The error pops up because the library tries to read its geographic data files using your system's default encoding (cp1252 on Windows), but those files are actually saved in UTF-8 format. Here's how to fix it:

Step 1: Locate the places.py file #

Navigate to the Geograpy installation directory in your Python site-packages. From your traceback, it's at this path:
C:\Users\Monika\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\geograpy\places.py

Step 2: Modify the file opening code #

Open places.py and find the populate_db method. Look for the section where it opens CSV files—you'll see a line like this:

with open(file_path, 'r') as f:

Update it to explicitly specify UTF-8 encoding:

with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:

This tells Python to read the file with the correct encoding, avoiding the UnicodeDecodeError caused by cp1252 not recognizing certain UTF-8 characters.

Why this works #

Windows uses cp1252 as the default encoding for text files, but Geograpy's built-in geographic datasets (like city lists) contain characters that aren't supported by cp1252. By forcing UTF-8 encoding when opening these files, we ensure all characters are decoded properly.

After making this change, re-run your script and the error should be resolved.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者MoniSol