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Welcome
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PySAL is an `open source <http://code.google.com/p/pysal/>`_  cross-platform library of spatial analysis functions written in
Python. It is intended to support the development of high level applications
for spatial analysis.

On this site you will find :doc:`user level documentation </users/index>` as well as 
:doc:`developer documentation </developers/index>` and
:doc:`downloads </users/installation>`.


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News
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(2010-07-31) :doc:`PySAL 1.0.0 released </users/installation>`

(2010-01-6) New Website for PySAL!

(2009-11-03) `National Institute of Justice funding <http://geoplan.asu.edu/node/3855>`_


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Funding
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National Institute of Justice `Flexible Geospatial Visual Analytics and Simulation Technologies to Enhance Criminal Justice Decision Support Systems <http://geoplan.asu.edu/node/3855>`_

National Institutes of Health `Geospatial Factors and Impacts: Measurement and Use (R01CA126858-02) <http://geodacenter.asu.edu/rti>`_

National Science Foundation `An Exploratory Space-Time Data Analysis Toolit for Spatial Social Science Research (0433132) <http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0433132>`_ 

National Science Foundation `Hedonic Models of Location Decisions with Applications to Geospatial Microdata (0852261) <http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0852261>`_



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