Cartopy 0.13.0

A cartographic python library with matplotlib support for visualisation

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 http://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/.

Code

Cartopy is licenced under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv3). Development occurs at https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy.