Python Spatial Analysis Library

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PySAL_ is an open source cross-platform library of spatial analysis functions written in Python. It is intended to support the development of high level applications for spatial analysis.

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PySAL modules

pysal.cg Computational geometry
pysal.contrib Contributed modules
pysal.core Core data structures and IO
pysal.esda Exploratory spatial data analysis
pysal.examples Data sets
pysal.inequality Spatial inequality analysis
pysal.network Spatial analysis on networks
pysal.region Spatially constrained clustering
pysal.spatial_dynamics Spatial dynamics
pysal.spreg Spatial econometrics and diagnostics
pysal.weights Spatial weights

Installation

PySAL can be installed using pip:

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install pysal

PySAL is also available through Anaconda <https://www.continuum.io/downloads>_ and Enthought Canopy <https://www.enthought.com/products/canopy/>_.

Documentation

For help on using PySAL, check out the following resources:

User Guide <http://pysal.readthedocs.org/en/latest/users/index.html>_
Tutorials and Short Courses <https://github.com/pysal/notebooks/blob/master/courses.md>_
Notebooks <https://github.com/pysal/notebooks>_
User List <http://groups.google.com/group/openspace-list>_

Development

PySAL development is hosted on github_.

.. _github : https://github.com/pysal/pysal

Discussions of development occurs on the developer list <http://groups.google.com/group/pysal-dev>_ as well as gitter_.

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Getting Involved

If you are interested in contributing to PySAL please see our development guidelines <http://pysal.readthedocs.org/en/latest/developers/index.html>_.

Bug reports

To search for or report bugs, please see PySAL's issues_.

.. _issues : http://github.com/pysal/pysal/issues

License information

See the file "LICENSE.txt" for information on the history of this software, terms & conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.

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