upgrade python version and dependencies

.flake8

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [flake8]
 ignore =
-    W503  # despite being in the anti-pattern section, this will soon be considered the best practice
+    # despite being in the anti-pattern section, this will soon be considered the best practice
+    W503
 max-line-length = 120
 per-file-ignores =
     */__init__.py: F401

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Display Python version
         run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

requirements.txt

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-enlighten==1.10.2
-geopandas==0.11.1
-natsort==8.1.0
-numpy==1.23.1
-onnxruntime==1.12.0
-OWSLib==0.25.0
-pandas==1.4.3
-Pillow==9.2.0
-pydantic==1.9.1
-PyYAML==6.0
-rasterio==1.3.0
-rtree==1.0.0
-Shapely==1.8.2
-topojson==1.4
+geopandas==0.14.1
+natsort==8.4.0
+numpy==1.26.2
+onnxruntime==1.16.3
+OWSLib==0.29.3
+pandas==2.1.4
+Pillow==10.1.0
+pydantic==2.5.2
+PyYAML==6.0.1
+rasterio==1.3.9
+rtree==1.1.0
+Shapely==2.0.2
+topojson==1.7

requirements_dev.txt

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-coverage==7.3.2
-enlighten==1.10.2
-flake8==5.0.4
-geopandas==0.11.1
-natsort==8.1.0
-numpy==1.23.1
-onnxruntime==1.12.0
-OWSLib==0.25.0
-pandas==1.4.3
-Pillow==9.2.0
-pydantic==1.9.1
+coverage==7.3.4
+flake8==6.1.0
+geopandas==0.14.1
+natsort==8.4.0
+numpy==1.26.2
+onnxruntime==1.16.3
+OWSLib==0.29.3
+pandas==2.1.4
+Pillow==10.1.0
+pydantic==2.5.2
 pytest==7.4.3
 pytest-cov==4.1.0
-PyYAML==6.0
-rasterio==1.3.0
-rtree==1.0.0
-Shapely==1.8.2
-topojson==1.4
+PyYAML==6.0.1
+rasterio==1.3.9
+rtree==1.1.0
+Shapely==2.0.2
+topojson==1.7