py5coding, 2 months ago

@villares nice! I hadn't heard of scikit-geometry before. How does its functionality compare with shapely? What can it do that shapely cannot? Would you recommend it as a good candidate for #py5's convert_shape() feature?

villares, 2 months ago

@py5coding my main interest in it came from the "straight skeleton" features: http://scikit-geometry.github.io/scikit-geometry/skeleton.html

I find the API a bit harder to use (I don't like the shapely docs much, but I'm getting used to the API I guess.)

In theory it has 3D stuff...and it has "rays" which I saw once in a library by Freya Holmer I tried unsuccessfully to port...

villares, 2 months ago

@py5coding looking carefully... not much development went on #scikitgeometry in the last 4 years. Even if it is a nice library, it could use more help, it might not be best for wider public use... Mac installation issues, it seems, limited to Python 3.9 I think, etc. #shapely on the other hand is very actively maintained. #Python

py5coding, 2 months ago

@villares OK, I won't bother with it then. Thanks!