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    <p>I am looking for recommendations as to the best Python GIS library currently available based on the following (subjective) criteria:</p> <ul> <li>Ease of use / Pythonic interface / Documentation</li> <li>Power in terms of available features today, and potentially in the future (is it still being developed or dead).</li> </ul> <p>So far I have looked at, in some detail:</p> <ul> <li><p>GEOS/OGR/GDAL: So far I have been looking at this <a href="http://www.gdal.org/ogr/" rel="noreferrer">library</a>, using <a href="http://www.gis.usu.edu/~chrisg/python/2009/" rel="noreferrer">this webpage</a> as a tutor. My initial reaction is that while some things have been easy, already I have been running into a few potholes. For example, if I want to create a MultiPoint geometry and determine which points are inside a Polygon using the Union() function, I run into problems, but the Python bindings are just generated by SWIG and all of the documentation is computer generated. I made this post because it struck me that there might be better libraries out there.</p></li> <li><p>GeoDjango: Well this is again based on the GEOS C/C++ library, but it appears the interface might be intuitive, and possibly better documented. I also have the sense it is being actively updated. I'm not interested in web applications, but this doesn't seem to be an issue?</p></li> <li><p>Shapely: Again based on the GEOS library, seems to have a Pythonic interface. Not sure about feature support or development status.</p></li> </ul> <p>Others? Thoughts? Thanks in advance!</p>
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    1. COYou'll probably get more bites over at GIS.stackexchange.com. And they'll probably all tell you GDAL. This is relevant to both sites, but you may want to migrate it after SO stops answering.
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    2. CO@Patrick Thanks for that advice, I'll head over there next. I'd vote you up if I had enough reputation here. ;)
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