[PR #2849] [MERGED] add shapely #15851

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GiteaMirror · 2026-05-02T08:02:56-05:00

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2026-05-02 08:02:56 -05:00

📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2849
Author: @JinyangWang27
Created: 1/12/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 1/14/2026
Merged by: @vinta

Base: master ← Head: add-shapely

📝 Commits (2)

8ed5de1 add shapely to Science section
8fda2cb update entry location

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1 file changed (+1 additions, -0 deletions)

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📝 README.md (+1 -0)

📄 Description

Project

shapely

Checklist

One project per PR
PR title format: Add project-name
Entry format: * [project-name](url) - Description ending with period.
Description is concise and short

Why This Project Is Awesome

Which criterion does it meet? (pick one)

Industry Standard - The go-to tool for a specific use case
Rising Star - 5000+ stars in < 2 years, significant adoption
Hidden Gem - Exceptional quality, solves niche problems elegantly

Explain:

How It Differs

Shapely is computational geometry, which focuses on creating and manipulating geometric objects (points/lines/polygons) and running exact geometric predicates and operations (intersects/contains, union/intersection, buffer, distance) in a CRS-agnostic Cartesian plane.

So, unlike GeoPandas (DataFrame-based geospatial analysis) or geolocation libraries (address/lat-lon lookups), Shapely is the low-level geometry engine many higher-level spatial libraries build on.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2849 **Author:** [@JinyangWang27](https://github.com/JinyangWang27) **Created:** 1/12/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 1/14/2026 **Merged by:** [@vinta](https://github.com/vinta) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `add-shapely` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`8ed5de1`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/8ed5de167e907d03afa46bc4da68029a6faf291c) add shapely to Science section - [`8fda2cb`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/8fda2cb6c6339a124f26d707a18799d13423c80c) update entry location ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+1 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ## Project [shapely](https://github.com/shapely/shapely) ## Checklist - [X] One project per PR - [X] PR title format: `Add project-name` - [X] Entry format: `* [project-name](url) - Description ending with period.` - [X] Description is concise and short ## Why This Project Is Awesome Which criterion does it meet? (pick one) - [X] **Industry Standard** - The go-to tool for a specific use case - [ ] **Rising Star** - 5000+ stars in < 2 years, significant adoption - [ ] **Hidden Gem** - Exceptional quality, solves niche problems elegantly Explain: ## How It Differs Shapely is computational geometry, which focuses on creating and manipulating geometric objects (points/lines/polygons) and running exact geometric predicates and operations (intersects/contains, union/intersection, buffer, distance) in a CRS-agnostic Cartesian plane. So, unlike GeoPandas (DataFrame-based geospatial analysis) or geolocation libraries (address/lat-lon lookups), Shapely is the low-level geometry engine many higher-level spatial libraries build on. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/awesome-python#15851