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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

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Cartopy is licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv3).

Development occurs on GitHub at https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy, with a contributor's license agreement (CLA) that can be found at http://scitools.org.uk/governance.html.

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