Cartopy is a Python package designed to make drawing maps for data analysis and visualisation easy.
It features:
- object oriented projection definitions
- point, line, polygon and image transformations between projections
- integration to expose advanced mapping in Matplotlib with a simple and intuitive interface
- powerful vector data handling by integrating shapefile reading with Shapely capabilities
Documentation can be found at http://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/.
- Ask usage questions on StackOverflow.
- For less well defined questions, ideas, general discussion or announcements of related projects use the Google Group.
- Report bugs, suggest features or view the source code on GitHub.
Cartopy is licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv3).
Development occurs on GitHub at https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy, with a contributor's license agreement (CLA) that can be found at http://scitools.org.uk/governance.html.
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