A library of spatial analysis functions.
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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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Above: Local Indicators of Spatial Association for Homicide Rates in US Counties 1990.
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/>
_.
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>
_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_.
.. _gitter : https://gitter.im/pysal/pysal?
If you are interested in contributing to PySAL please see our
development guidelines <http://pysal.readthedocs.org/en/latest/developers/index.html>
_.
To search for or report bugs, please see PySAL's issues_.
.. _issues : http://github.com/pysal/pysal/issues
See the file "LICENSE.txt" for information on the history of this software, terms & conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.