Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Jeff Whitaker wrote: > Chris: I don't consider the pyrex GEOS interface I created for basemap > a general-purpose binding - it's limited to the only the functionality > that basemap needs. sure, but if there was an existing general purpose binding that met your needs, you wouldn't need this.

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-20 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Christopher Barker wrote: > Jeff, > > as you mentioned license as one issue in not using shapely, I thought > you might be interested in this: > > Original Message > Subject: [Community] Proposal to change Shapely license from LGPL to BSD > From: Sean Gillies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-20 Thread Eric Firing
Christopher Barker wrote: [...] > As for ctypes vs. pyrex -- I find it ironic that you've chosen pyrex for > dependency reasons -- there are lot of folks that using ctypes to asve > the hassles of compiliation, particularly on Windows (see geoGjango, for > instance). But I guess MPL required com

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Jeff, as you mentioned license as one issue in not using shapely, I thought you might be interested in this: Original Message Subject: [Community] Proposal to change Shapely license from LGPL to BSD From: Sean Gillies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I propose that the Shapely license be c

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-19 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Christopher Barker wrote: > Jeff Whitaker wrote: > >> 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). >> > > Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? > Here's one option: > > http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely > > -Chris > > > Chri

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-19 Thread Eric Firing
Christopher Barker wrote: > > Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). > > Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? > Here's one option: > > http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely That is what Jeff started with,

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-19 Thread Christopher Barker
Jeff Whitaker wrote: > 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? Here's one option: http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Respons