[matplotlib-devel] [ANN] Cartopy v0.12 release candidate

[Phil E. <pel...@gm...>]

I'm pleased to announce that cartopy v0.12.0rc1 has been tagged.

This release has focused on improving the geometry projection stability,
improving interfaces for data ingestion, rounding
off Python 3 support, and generally improving the breadth of the gallery.
A full overview of what's new in this release can be found at
http://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.12/whats_new.html.

About cartopy
--------------

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, vector 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


Installing cartopy
-----------------

Installation of the release candidate and its dependencies with conda:

*conda install cartopy** --channel scitools/channel/dev*

Installing cartopy using pip requires GEOS and proj4 to be installed prior
to running:

*pip install cartopy*

Thanks to everybody who contributed towards this release,

Best,

Phil Elson
(github: @pelson | twitter: @pypelson)