[ANN] PySAL 1.2

[Serge Rey]

On behalf of the PySAL development team, I'm happy to announce the
official release of PySAL 1.2.

PySAL is a library of tools for spatial data analysis and
geocomputation written in Python. PySAL 1.2, the third official
release of PySAL, brings a number of new features:

    - Directional (Space-Time) LISA Analytics
    - LISA Markov Spillover Test
    - Spatial Markov Homogeneity Tests
    - Markov Mobillity Indices
    - Support for a wide variety of spatial weights formats including
        - AcGIS SWM, Text, DBF
        - STATA
        - MATLAB MAT
        - MatrixMarket MTX
        - Lotus WK1
        - DAT
        - and others
    - RTree spatial index
    - Getis-Ord G statistics for global and local autocorrelation
    - Optimized conditional randomization for local statistics
    - Optimized Block/Regime Spatial Weights
    - Thin Spatial Sparse Weights Class (WSP)

along with many smaller enhancements and bug fixes.


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

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/1.2/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
-------------------
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