ANN: PySAL 1.3

[Serge Rey]

On behalf of the PySAL development team, I'm happy to announce the
official release of PySAL 1.3.

PySAL is a library of tools for spatial data analysis and
geocomputation written in Python. PySAL 1.3, the fourth official
release of PySAL, includes a number of new features and enhancements:

    - The spatial regression module (spreg) has added:
        - Two Stage Least Squares
        - Spatial Two Stage Least Squares
        - GM Error (KP 98-99)
        - GM Error Homoskedasticity (Drukker et. al, 2010)
        - GM Error Heteroskedasticity (Arraiz et. al, 2010)
        - Spatial HAC variance-covariance estimation
        - Anselin-Kelejian test for residual spatial autocorrelation
of residuals from
        IV regression
        - New utility functions and other helper classes
    - A new contrib module to support user contributed modules. The first
      contrib modules are:
        - Weights Viewer – A Graphical tool for examining spatial weights
        - World To View Transform – A class for modeling viewing
windows, used by Weights Viewer
        - Shapely Extension – Exposes shapely methods as standalone functions
        - Shared Perimeter Weights – calculate shared perimeters weights


along with many bug fixes and smaller enhancements.

PySAL modules
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    - pysal.core — Core Data Structures and IO
    - pysal.cg — Computational Geometry
    - pysal.esda — Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
    - pysal.inequality — Spatial Inequality Analysis
    - pysal.spatial_dynamics — Spatial Dynamics
    - pysal.spreg - Regression and Diagnostics
    - pysal.region — Spatially Constrained Clustering
    - pysal.weights — Spatial Weights
    - pysal.FileIO — PySAL FileIO: Module for reading and writing
various file types in a Pythonic way
    - pysal.contrib — Contributed Modules

Downloads
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Binary installers and source distributions are available for download at
http://code.google.com/p/pysal/downloads/list

Documentation
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The documentation site is here
 http://pysal.org/1.3/contents.html

Web sites
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PySAL's home is here
 http://pysal.org/

The developer's site is here
 http://code.google.com/p/pysal/

Mailing Lists
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Please see the developer's list here
 http://groups.google.com/group/pysal-dev

Help for users is here
 http://groups.google.com/group/openspace-list

Bug reports
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To search for or report bugs, please see
http://code.google.com/p/pysal/issues/list

License information
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See the file "LICENSE.txt" for information on the history of this
software, terms & conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL
WARRANTIES.


Many thanks to all who contributed!

Serge, on behalf of the PySAL development team.


-- 
Sergio (Serge) Rey
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Arizona State University
http://geoplan.asu.edu/rey

Editor, International Regional Science Review
http://irx.sagepub.com