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PyGeodesy
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A pure Python implementation of ``geodesy`` tools for various ellipsoidal and spherical
earth models using precision trigonometric, vector-based, exact, elliptic, iterative and
approximate methods for geodetic (lat-/longitude), geocentric (ECEF_ cartesian) and certain
`triaxial ellipsoidal`_ coordinates.

Transcoded from `JavaScript originals`_ by *Chris Veness (C) 2005-2022* and from several `C++
classes`_ by *Charles F.F. Karney (C) 2008-2023* and published under the same `MIT License`_.

There are four modules for ellipsoidal earth models, *ellipsoidalExact*, *-Karney*, *-Vincenty*
and *-Nvector* and two for spherical ones, *sphericalTrigonometry* and *-Nvector*.  Each module
provides a geodetic LatLon_ and a geocentric Cartesian_ class with methods and functions to
compute distance, surface area, perimeter, initial and final bearing, intermediate and nearest
points, circle intersections and secants, path intersections, `3-point resections`_, rhumb and
rhumb lines, triangulation, trilateration (by intersection, by overlap and in 3d), conversions
and unrolling, among other things.  For more information and further details see the documentation_,
the descriptions of `Latitude/Longitude`_, Vincenty_ and `Vector-based`_ geodesy, the original
`JavaScript source`_ or docs_ and *Karney*\'s Python geographiclib_ and `C++ GeographicLib`_.

Also included are modules for conversions to and from `Cassini-Soldner`_, ECEF_ (Earth-Centered,
Earth-Fixed cartesian), UTM_ (Universal Transverse Mercator and Exact_), UPS_ (Universal Polar
Stereographic) and `Web Mercator`_ (Pseudo-Mercator) coordinates, MGRS_ (Military Grid Reference
System, UTM *and* UPS) and OSGR_ (British Ordinance Survery Grid Reference) grid references, TRF_
(Terrestrial Reference Frames) and modules to encode and decode EPSG_, Geohashes_, `Georefs (WGRS)`_
and `Garefs (GARS)`_.

Other modules provide `Albers equal-area`_ projections, equidistant_ and other *azimuthal*
projections, Lambert *conformal conic* projections and positions, functions to clip paths or
polygons of *LatLon* points using the `Cohen-Sutherland`_, `Forster-Hormann-Popa`_,
`Greiner-Hormann`_, `Liang-Barsky`_ and `Sutherland-Hodgman`_ methods or to perform *boolean*
operations between (composite) polygons, functions to simplify_ or linearize a path of *LatLon*
points (or a `numpy array`_), including implementations of the `Ramer-Douglas-Peucker`_,
`Visvalingam-Whyatt`_ and `Reumann-Witkam`_ algorithms and modified versions of the former.  Other
classes interpolate_ the Height_ of *LatLon* points and Geoid_ models or compute various Fréchet_
or Hausdorff_ distances.

Installation
============

To install PyGeodesy, type ``python[3] -m pip install PyGeodesy`` or ``python[3] -m easy_install PyGeodesy``
in a terminal or command window.

If the wheel ``PyGeodesy-yy.m.d-py2.py3-none-any.whl`` is missing in `PyPI Download files`_, download
the file from `GitHub/dist`_.  Install that with ``python[3] -m pip install <path-to-downloaded-wheel>``
and verify with ``python[3] -m pygeodesy``.

Alternatively, download ``PyGeodesy-yy.m.d.zip`` from PyPI_ or GitHub_, ``unzip`` the downloaded file,
``cd`` to directory ``PyGeodesy-yy.m.d`` and type ``python[3] setup.py install``.

To run all PyGeodesy tests, type ``python[3] test/run.py`` or type ``python[3] test/unitTestSuite.py``
before or after installation.

Dependencies
============

Installation of *Karney*\'s Python package geographiclib_ is optional, but required to use modules
``ellipsoidalKarney`` and ``css``, ``azimuthal`` classes ``EquidistantKarney`` and ``GnomonicKarney``
and the ``HeightIDWkarney`` interpolator.

Both numpy_ and scipy_ must be installed for most Geoid_ and Height_ interpolators, except ``GeoidKarney``
and the ``HeigthIDW...`` ones.

Functions and ``LatLon`` methods ``circin6``, ``circum3``, ``circum4_``, ``soddy4``, ``trilaterate3d2``
and ``trilaterate5`` do and modules ``auxilats`` and ``rhumb`` may require numpy_.

Modules ``ellipsoidalGeodSolve`` and ``geodsolve`` and ``azimuthal`` classes ``EquidistantGeodSolve``
and ``GnomonicGeodSolve`` depend on *Karney*\'s C++ utility GeodSolve_ to be executable and set with
env variable ``PYGEODESY_GEODSOLVE`` or with property ``Ellipsoid.geodsolve``.

To compare ``MGRS`` results from modules ``mgrs`` and ``testMgrs`` with *Karney*\'s C++ utility
GeoConvert_, the latter must be executable and set with env variable ``PYGEODESY_GEOCONVERT``.

Module ``rhumbsolve`` needs *Karney*\'s C++ utility RhumbSolve_ to be executable and set with env
variable ``PYGEODESY_RHUMBSOLVE`` or with property ``Ellipsoid.rhumbsolve``.

Documentation
=============

In addition to the ``pygeodesy`` package, the PyGeodesy_ `distribution files`_ contain the tests,
the test results (on macOS only) and the complete documentation_ generated by Epydoc_ using command
line: ``epydoc --html --no-private --no-source --name=PyGeodesy --url=... -v pygeodesy``.

Tests
=====

The tests ran with Python 3.12.3 (with geographiclib_ 2.0), 3.11.5 (with geographiclib_ 2.0, numpy_
1.24.2 and scipy_ 1.10.1), Python 3.10.8 (with geographiclib_ 2.0, numpy_ 1.23.3, scipy_ 1.9.1,
GeoConvert_ 2.2, GeodSolve_ 2.2 and RhumbSolve_ 2.2), Python 3.9.6 and Python 2.7.18 (with geographiclib_
1.50, numpy_ 1.16.6, scipy_ 1.2.2, GeoConvert_ 2.2, GeodSolve_ 2.2 and RhumbSolve_ 2.2), all on macOS
14.4.1 Sonoma and in 64-bit only.

All tests ran with and without ``lazy import`` for Python 3 and with command line option ``-W default``
and env variable ``PYGEODESY_WARNINGS=on`` for all Python versions.  The results of those tests are
included in the distribution files.

PyPy_ 7.3.12 (Python 3.10.12), Python 3.11.5, 3.10.8 and 3.9.6 run on Apple M1 Silicon (``arm64``),
*natively*.  Python 3.8.10 and 2.7.18 run on Intel (``x86_64``) or Intel *emulation* (\"``arm64_x86_64``\",
see function `pygeodesy.machine`_).

Test coverage has been measured with coverage_ 7.2.2 using only Python 3.11.5 and 3.10.8.  The complete
coverage report in HTML and a PDF summary are included in the distribution files.

The tests also ran with Python 3.11.5 (and geographiclib_ 2.0) on `Debian 11`_ in 64-bit only and with
Python 3.11.5, 3.10.10 and 2.7.18 (all with geographiclib_ 1.52) on `Windows 10`_ in 64- and/or 32-bit.

A single-File and single-Directory application with ``pygeodesy`` has been bundled using PyInstaller_
3.4 and 64-bit Python 3.7.4 and 3.7.3 on macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra.

Previously, the tests were run with Python 3.12.0-2, 3.11.2-4, 3.10.1-7, 3.9.1, 3.8.7, 3.7.1, 2.7.15, PyPy_
7.3.12 (Python 3.10.12), 7.3.1 (Python 3.6.9) and PyPy_ 7.1.1 (Python 2.7.13) (and geographiclib_ 1.52,
numpy_ 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.6, 1.19.0, 1.19.4, 1.19.5 or 1.22.4 and scipy_ 1.2.1, 1.4.1, 1.5.2 or 1.8.1)
on `Ubuntu 16.04`_, with Python 3.10.0-1, 3.9.0-5, 3.8.0-6, 3.7.2-6, 3.7.0, 3.6.2-5, 3.5.3, 2.7.13-17,
2.7.10 and 2.6.9 (and numpy_ 1.19.0, 1.16.5, 1.16.2, 1.15.2, 1.14.0, 1.13.1, 1.8.0rc1 or 1.6.2 and scipy_
1.5.0), PyPy_ 7.3.0 (Python 2.7.13 and 3.6.9), PyPy_ 6.0.0 (Python 2.7.13 and 3.5.3) and `Intel-Python`_
3.5.3 (and numpy_ 1.11.3) on macOS 14.0-3.1 Sonoma, 13.0-5.2 Ventura, 12.1-6 Monterey, 11.0-5.2-6.1 Big
Sur (aka 10.16), 10.15.3, 10.15.5-7 Catalina, 10.14 Mojave, 10.13.6 High Sierra and 10.12 Sierra, MacOS X
10.11 El Capitan and/or MacOS X 10.10 Yosemite, with Pythonista_ 3.2 (with geographiclib 1.50 or 1.49 and
numpy 1.8.0) on iOS 14.4.2, 11.4.1, 12.0-3 on iPad4, iPhone6, iPhone10 and/or iPhone12, with Pythonista_
3.1 on iOS 10.3.3, 11.0.3, 11.1.2 and 11.3 on iPad4, all in 64-bit only and with 32-bit Python 2.7.14 on
Windows Server 2012R2, Windows 10 Pro and 32-bit Python 2.6.6 on Windows XP SP3.

Notes
=====

All Python source code has been statically checked_ with PyChecker_, PyFlakes_, PyCodeStyle_ (formerly Pep8)
and McCabe_ using Python 2.7.18 and with Flake8_ using Python 3.11.5, both in 64-bit on macOS 14.4.1 Sonoma.

For a summary of all *Karney*-based functionality in ``pygeodesy``, see module karney_.

*Last updated: May 15, 2024.*

License
=======

Copyright (C) 2016-2024 -- mrJean1 at Gmail -- All Rights Reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
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.. _Albers equal-area: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/classGeographicLib_1_1AlbersEqualArea.html
.. _C++ classes: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/annotated.html
.. _C++ GeographicLib: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/index.html
.. _Cartesian: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy/docs/pygeodesy-Cartesian-attributes-table.html
.. _Cassini-Soldner: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/classGeographicLib_1_1CassiniSoldner.html
.. _checked: https://GitHub.com/ActiveState/code/tree/master/recipes/Python/546532_PyChecker_postprocessor
.. _Cohen-Sutherland: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Cohen-Sutherland_algorithm
.. _coverage: https://PyPI.org/project/coverage
.. _Debian 11: https://Cirrus-CI.com/github/mrJean1/PyGeodesy/master
.. _distribution files: https://GitHub.com/mrJean1/PyGeodesy/tree/master/dist
.. _docs: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/geodesy/docs
.. _documentation: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy
.. _ECEF: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/ECEF
.. _EPSG: https://EPSG.org
.. _Epydoc: https://PyPI.org/project/epydoc
.. _equidistant: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/classGeographicLib_1_1AzimuthalEquidistant.html
.. _Exact: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/classGeographicLib_1_1GeodesicExact.html
.. _Flake8: https://PyPI.org/project/flake8
.. _Forster-Hormann-Popa: https://www.ScienceDirect.com/science/article/pii/S259014861930007X
.. _Fréchet: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Frechet_distance
.. _Garefs (GARS): https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Global_Area_Reference_System
.. _GeoConvert: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/utilities.html
.. _GeodSolve: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/utilities.html
.. _geographiclib: https://PyPI.org/project/geographiclib
.. _Geohashes: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/geohash.html
.. _Geoid: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy/docs/pygeodesy.geoids-module.html
.. _Georefs (WGRS): https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/World_Geographic_Reference_System
.. _GitHub: https://GitHub.com/mrJean1/PyGeodesy
.. _GitHub/dist: https://GitHub.com/mrJean1/PyGeodesy/tree/master/dist
.. _Greiner-Hormann: http://www.inf.USI.CH/hormann/papers/Greiner.1998.ECO.pdf
.. _Hausdorff: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Hausdorff_distance
.. _Height: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy/docs/pygeodesy.heights-module.html
.. _Intel-Python: https://software.Intel.com/en-us/distribution-for-python
.. _interpolate: https://docs.SciPy.org/doc/scipy/reference/interpolate.html
.. _JavaScript originals: https://GitHub.com/ChrisVeness/geodesy
.. _JavaScript source: https://GitHub.com/ChrisVeness/geodesy
.. _John P. Snyder: https://pubs.er.USGS.gov/djvu/PP/PP_1395.pdf
.. _karney: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy/docs/pygeodesy.karney-module.html
.. _Latitude/Longitude: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/latlong.html
.. _LatLon: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy/docs/pygeodesy-LatLon-attributes-table.html
.. _Liang-Barsky: https://www.CS.Helsinki.FI/group/goa/viewing/leikkaus/intro.html
.. _McCabe: https://PyPI.org/project/mccabe
.. _MGRS: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/classGeographicLib_1_1MGRS.html
.. _MIT License: https://OpenSource.org/licenses/MIT
.. _numpy: https://PyPI.org/project/numpy
.. _numpy array: https://docs.SciPy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.array.html
.. _OSGR: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/latlong-os-gridref.html
.. _3-point resections: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Position_resection_and_intersection
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.. _pygeodesy.machine: https://mrJean1.GitHub.io/PyGeodesy/docs/pygeodesy.interns-module.html#machine
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.. _PyPy: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pypy3.10
.. _Pythonista: https://OMZ-Software.com/pythonista
.. _Ramer-Douglas-Peucker: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Ramer-Douglas-Peucker_algorithm
.. _Reumann-Witkam: https://psimpl.SourceForge.net/reumann-witkam.html
.. _RhumbSolve: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/C++/doc/utilities.html
.. _scipy: https://PyPI.org/project/scipy
.. _simplify: https://Bost.Ocks.org/mike/simplify
.. _Sutherland-Hodgman: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Sutherland-Hodgman_algorithm
.. _TRF: http://ITRF.ENSG.IGN.FR
.. _triaxial ellipsoidal: https://GeographicLib.SourceForge.io/1.44/triaxial.html
.. _Ubuntu 16.04: https://Travis-CI.com/mrJean1/PyGeodesy
.. _UPS: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Universal_polar_stereographic_coordinate_system
.. _UTM: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/latlong-utm-mgrs.html
.. _Vector-based: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/latlong-vectors.html
.. _Vincenty: https://www.Movable-Type.co.UK/scripts/latlong-vincenty.html
.. _Visvalingam-Whyatt: https://hydra.Hull.ac.UK/resources/hull:8338
.. _Web Mercator: https://WikiPedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator
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