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What’s a good library for geospatial functions? I mean things like
Bonus if there’s an interface to the various ways different databases represent geolocations.
I’m a geo-noob (in case this question didn’t make it obvious), so pointers to other geolocation/geospatial resources are welcome.
C++ and Python preferred, but all pointers welcome.
I’ve enjoyed using geopy. It’s a simple library that finds great-circle distance in a number of projections. Geopy also provides a single interface to multiple geocoders like Google Maps and Microsoft Earth to give you coordinates for a street address.
You might be interested in the Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS section in PyPi.