# Shapely

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/shapely/

Python library for manipulation and analysis of planar geometric objects.

Shapely is a BSD-licensed Python package for manipulation and analysis of planar geometric objects. It's based on the GEOS library and provides operations like intersection, union, and buffer.

## Details

- Type: library

- Categories: analysis, vector, data-processing

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: BSD-3-Clause

## Features

- Manipulation of planar geometric objects

- Built on the GEOS library

- Buffer, intersection, union and difference operations

- Vectorized NumPy-based operations

- Reads and writes WKT and WKB

- Core geometry dependency of GeoPandas

## Project sources

- Website: https://shapely.readthedocs.io

- Repository: https://github.com/shapely/shapely

Directory descriptions are summaries. Verify current capabilities and terms with the project sources.