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Python for geospatial developers

Posted: February 03, 2012
Categories: geodjango, GIS, shapely, python, owslib, pyproj, qgis, mapserver, mapnik, fiona, geopy, GDAL
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There is a recurring question at GIS mailing lists, forum and at some extent in my mailbox: what is the best way to master Python for developing geospatial applications?I myself had this question far away in 2006 when I started switching from proprietarysoftware to Open Source, and had identified in Python the way to go.In this post I will try to quickly summarize what is the best way to go in my opinion.If you are completely new to Python, first things to check out, are some very basic and popular resources, like these ones:the official Python tutorialthe "Dive into Python...
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