Python开发GIS的应用组件包

Library name	Description	Reason to install
NumPy	This adds support for large multidimensional arrays and matrices	It is a requirement for many other libraries
pyproj	This handles projections	It transforms projections	(应用PROJ.4进行投影操作)
shapely	This handles geospatial operations	It performs fast geometry manipulations and operations	(应用GEOS进行图形操作)
matplotlib	This plots libraries	It provides a quick visualization of results
descartes	This uses Shapely or GeoJSON objects as matplotlib paths and patches	It speedily plots geo-data	作为matplotlib与Shapely 和 GeoJSON之间的连接桥梁
pandas	This provides high-performance data structures and data analysis	It performs data manipulation, CSV creation, and data manipulation
SciPy	This provides a collection of Python libraries for scientific computing	It has the best collection of necessary tools
PySAL	This contains a geospatial analysis library	It performs a plethora of spatial operations (optional)	(进行空间分析操作)
IPython	This provides interactive Python computing	It is a helpful notebook to store and save your scripts (optional)
Django	This contains a web application framework	It is used for our demo web application , Web Analysis with GeoDjango
pyshp	This provides pure Python shapefile manipulation and generation	It helps input and output shapefiles	(对ShapeFile格式的数据进行操作)
GeoJSON	This contains the JSON format for spatial data	It facilitates the exchange and publication of this format	(对GeoJSON格式的数据进行操作)
PostgreSQL	This is a relational database	It helps store spatial data
PostGIS	This is the spatial extension to PostgreSQL	It stores and performs spatial operations on geographic data in PostgreSQL