pythonshapely

Shapely is a Python library for geometric operations and manipulations. It provides functionalities for working with geometric shapes such as points, lines, and polygons. Shapely is built on top of the GEOS library, which allows for efficient and accurate calculations.

With Shapely, you can perform operations like point-in-polygon tests, buffering (creating a polygon around a shape), intersection and union of shapes, calculating distances, and much more. It also provides methods for simplifying and transforming geometric shapes.

To use Shapely, you need to install it first. You can do this by running the following command:

pip install shapely

Once installed, you can import the library and start working with geometric shapes. For example, you can create a point using the `Point` class and perform operations on it:

from shapely.geometry import Point

point = Point(0, 0)
print(point.distance(Point(1, 1)))  # Calculate the distance between two points

This is just a basic example, and Shapely offers many more functionalities for working with geometric shapes. I hope this gives you a starting point to explore the library further! Let me know if you have any more questions.