togo 0.1.1

Lightweight Python bindings for the TG geometry library

ToGo

Python bindings for TG (Geometry library for C - Fast point-in-polygon)

ToGo is a high-performance Python library for computational geometry, providing a Cython wrapper around the above-mentioned C library.

The main goal is to offer a Pythonic, object-oriented, fast and memory-efficient library for geometric operations, including spatial predicates, format conversions, and spatial indexing.

While ToGo's API interfaces are still a work in progress, the underling C library is stable and well-tested.

Installation

pip install togo

Features

• Fast and efficient geometric operations
• Support for standard geometry types: Point, Line, Ring, Polygon, and their multi-variants
• Geometric predicates: contains, intersects, covers, touches, etc.
• Format conversion between WKT, GeoJSON, WKB, and HEX
• Spatial indexing for accelerated queries
• Memory-efficient C implementation with Python-friendly interface

Basic Usage

from togo import Geometry, Point, Ring, Poly

# Create a geometry from GeoJSON
geom = Geometry('{"type":"Point","coordinates":[1.0,2.0]}')

# Create a point
point = Point(1.0, 2.0)

# Create a polygon
ring = Ring([(0,0), (10,0), (10,10), (0,10), (0,0)])
polygon = Poly(ring)

# Convert to various formats
wkt = polygon.as_geometry().to_wkt()
geojson = polygon.as_geometry().to_geojson()

# Perform spatial predicates
point_geom = point.as_geometry()
contains = polygon.as_geometry().contains(point_geom)

Core Classes

Geometry

The base class that wraps tg_geom structures and provides core operations:

# Create from various formats
g1 = Geometry('POINT(1 2)', fmt='wkt')
g2 = Geometry('{"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2]}', fmt='geojson')

# Geometric predicates
g1.intersects(g2)
g1.contains(g2)
g1.within(g2)

# Format conversion
g1.to_wkt()
g1.to_geojson()

Point, Line, Ring, Poly

Building blocks for constructing geometries:

# Create a point
p = Point(1.0, 2.0)

# Create a line
line = Line([(0,0), (1,1), (2,2)])

# Create a ring (closed line)
ring = Ring([(0,0), (10,0), (10,10), (0,10), (0,0)])

# Create a polygon with holes
exterior = Ring([(0,0), (10,0), (10,10), (0,10), (0,0)])
hole = Ring([(2,2), (8,2), (8,8), (2,8), (2,2)])
poly = Poly(exterior, [hole])

MultiGeometries

Creating collections of geometries:

# Create a MultiPoint
multi_point = Geometry.from_multipoint([(0,0), (1,1), Point(2,2)])

# Create a MultiLineString
multi_line = Geometry.from_multilinestring([
    [(0,0), (1,1)],
    Line([(2,2), (3,3)])
])

# Create a MultiPolygon
poly1 = Poly(Ring([(0,0), (1,0), (1,1), (0,1), (0,0)]))
poly2 = Poly(Ring([(2,2), (3,2), (3,3), (2,3), (2,2)]))
multi_poly = Geometry.from_multipolygon([poly1, poly2])

Polygon Indexing

Togo supports different polygon indexing strategies for optimized spatial operations:

from togo import TGIndex, set_polygon_indexing_mode

# Set the indexing mode
set_polygon_indexing_mode(TGIndex.NATURAL)  # or NONE, YSTRIPES

Performance Considerations

• Togo is optimized for speed and memory efficiency
• For large datasets, proper indexing can significantly improve performance
• Creating geometries with the appropriate format avoids unnecessary conversions

Soon there will be a full API documentation, for now please refer to the test suite for more usage examples.