Cartopy

Cartopy is a Python package designed to make drawing maps for data analysis and visualisation easy.

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# Table of contents - [Overview](#overview) - [Get in touch](#get-in-touch) - [License and copyright](#license-and-copyright) ## 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 Documentation can be found at . ## Get in touch - Ask usage questions on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cartopy). - For less well defined questions, ideas, general discussion or announcements of related projects use the [Cartopy category on Matplotlib's Discourse](https://discourse.matplotlib.org/c/3rdparty/cartopy/19). - Report bugs, suggest features or view the source code on [GitHub](https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy). - To chat with developers and other users you can use the [Discourse Chat](https://discourse.matplotlib.org/chat/c/cartopy/11) (direct link works after Discourse login). ## Credits, copyright and license Cartopy is developed collaboratively under the SciTools umberella. A full list of codecontributors ("Cartopy contributors") can be found at https://github.com/SciTools/cartopy/graphs/contributors. Code is just one of many ways of positively contributing to Cartopy, please see our [contributing guide](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details on how you can get involved. Cartopy is released under the 3-Clause BSD license with a shared copyright model. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for full terms. The [Met Office](https://metoffice.gov.uk) has made a significant contribution to the development, maintenance and support of this library. All Met Office contributions are copyright on behalf of the British Crown.