What you need for this book
The code examples in this book use Python 2 to analyze geospatial data. Any reasonably powerful computer running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux will be suitable. You will need to download and install the following software onto your computer:
- Python version 2.7 or later, excluding Python 3.x
- GDAL/OGR version 1.11 or later
- GEOS version 3.4.2 or later
- Shapely version 1.5.7 or later
- PostgreSQL version 9.3 or later
- PostGIS version 2.1.4 or later
- psycopg2 version 2.5 or later
- Mapnik version 2.2 or later
- PROJ version 4.0 or later
- PyProj version 1.9.4 or later
- NetworkX version 1.9.1 or later
Full instructions for downloading, installing, and using these various tools and libraries are included in this book.
