Cartopy is a Python package designed to make drawing maps for
data analysis and visualisation easy.
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Overview
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 https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/.
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Credits, copyright and license
Cartopy is developed collaboratively under the SciTools umberella.
A full list of codecontributors ("Cartopy contributors") can be found at
https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy/graphs/contributors.
Code is just one of many ways of positively contributing to Cartopy, please see
our contributing guide for more details on how
you can get involved.
Cartopy is released under the 3-Clause BSD license with a shared copyright model.
See LICENSE for full terms.
The Met Office has made a significant
contribution to the development, maintenance and support of this library.
All Met Office contributions are copyright on behalf of the British Crown.