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Python Cartographic Library |
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The Python Cartography Library, or PCL, is an ensemble of packages for |
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rendering GIS data from a variety of backends into maps. Its goal is to be the |
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best possible Python interface to open source GIS software such as PROJ.4, |
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GEOS, GDAL, OGR, and MapServer, and to be easy to use with Python web |
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application frameworks as well as with matplotlib. |
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PCL is open source software and free for use under the GPL version 2 license. |
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Components |
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The PCL packages are |
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- cartography.context: maps and layers |
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- cartography.data: features, types, sources, and stores |
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- cartography.geometry: points, lines, polygons, and operators |
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- cartography.proj: spatial/coordinate reference systems, projections, and |
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transformations |
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- cartography.styles: symbolization of map features |
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- cartography.engine: map rendering engines |
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Elements of these packages come from three components. |
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- PCL-Core: all context, styles, projection, and geometry modules. |
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- PCL-GDAL: optional vector and raster data connectors. |
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- PCL-MapServer: optional rendering engine based on MapServer. |
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Installation |
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See INSTALL.txt |
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Usage |
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For now, see the doctests: PCL-Core/tests/*.txt, and the geometry and postgis |
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examples. PrimaGIS is a web mapping product for Plone built on PCL and is also |
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a good source of PCL example code. |
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Support |
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See the wiki page at http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL. We have an email |
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list: http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community, and an IRC |
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channel: irc://freenode.net/zco. |
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