Christopher Barker wrote: > > Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). > > Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? > Here's one option: > > http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely
That is what Jeff started with, but it uses ctypes, and adds complexity to the licensing and the installation. Therefore he wrote his own pyrex binding to the C API of GEOS, which avoids all that and works fine for basemap purposes. Eric > > -Chris > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel