A cartographic python library with matplotlib support for visualisation
Project description
Cartopy is a Python package designed to make drawing maps for data analysis and visualisation as easy as possible.
Cartopy makes use of the powerful PROJ.4, numpy and shapely libraries and has a simple and intuitive drawing interface to matplotlib for creating publication quality maps.
Some of the key features of cartopy are:
object oriented projection definitions
point, line, vector, 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
Development takes place at https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy and documentation is available at http://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/ .
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