Installation

The released version of GeoPandas is 0.1. To install the released version, use pip install geopandas.

You may install the latest development version by cloning the GitHub repository and using the setup script:

git clone https://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git
cd geopandas
python setup.py install

It is also possible to install the latest development version available on PyPI with pip by adding the --pre flag for pip 1.4 and later, or to use pip to install directly from the GitHub repository with:

pip install git+git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git

Dependencies

Supports Python versions 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+.

• numpy
• pandas (version 0.13 or later)
• shapely
• fiona
• six
• geopy 0.99 (optional; for geocoding)
• psycopg2 (optional; for PostGIS connection)

For plotting, these additional packages may be used:

• matplotlib
• descartes
• pysal

Testing

To run the current set of tests from the source directory, run:

nosetests -v

from a command line.

Tests are automatically run on all commits on the GitHub repository, including pull requests, on Travis CI.