Chapter 1. Setting Up Your Geospatial Python Environment

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Installing virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
• Installing pyproj and NumPy
• Installing shapely, matplotlib, and descartes
• Installing pyshp, geojson, and pandas
• Installing SciPy, PySal, and IPython
• Installing GDAL and OGR
• Installing GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS