Merge branch 'main' into feed-deprecate-belgium-chicago

Author: emmambd

.github/workflows/export_to_csv.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.9
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          # Avoid using the latest version (24.1) of pip since they removed support for the
+          # --global-option used during GDAL library installation.
+          # Reconsider later if the problem is corrected. 
+          python -m pip install "pip<24.1"
           pip install pytest wheel numpy
           sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
           sudo apt-get update