PySAL 2.4.0-rc2 reflects 6 months of enhancements, bug-fixes, widening of test coverage, and improved documentation. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this version as there are numerous optimizations as well as new features (see below) that have been implemented. Overall, there were 1065 commits that closed 309 issues, together with 117 pull requests since our last release on 2020-07-29. Major Highlights of PySAL 2.4.0 Entirely New Packages In this release, the PySAL family has expanded to include: pysal/spopt Providing methods for solving optimization problems with spatial data. <a name="changes-by-package"></a> Changes by Package <a name="libpysal"></a> libpysal #381: adjust duplicated rst link in README #380: rst link & syntax issue in README #379: Correct readme.rst #378: Troubleshoot release GHA #377: bump to v4.3.2 for release action #374: Adding deps for examples. #373: update unittests.yml #372: release action is broken due to gh deprecation of env var #371: Fix release action #370: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.1.4 to v2.2.0 #364: examples.explain returning 404 #368: This address a move in remote datasets #335: ENH: use query_bulk in fuzzy_contiguity #334: BUG: fuzzy_contiguity picks more neighbours than it should #367: ENH: use active geometry in from_dataframe #342: standardizing libpysal/io docs & ibpysal/cg docs #363: Testing matrix #359: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.14 to v1.0.15 #358: Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.3 to v2.3.4 #355: Add codecov.yml for customized reports/testing #357: Add codecov.yml #286: Blacken codebase #291: [WIP] DEV: blacken codebase #354: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.13 to v1.0.14 #257: street network-based weights #351: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.1.3 to v2.1.4 #279: GHA for PyPI release #324: Update PR template #347: ENH: include lower order contiguities in higher_order_sp #313: higher_order weights of <= k #348: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.1.2 to v2.1.3 #345: Add xarray to requirements_plus_conda.txt #346: Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.2 to v2.3.3 #344: Bump actions/create-release from v1.1.3 to v1.1.4 #318: [WIP] : Base Raster Interface #339: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.12 to v1.0.13 #338: Update actions/checkout requirement to v2.3.2 #336: Bump actions/create-release from v1.1.2 to v1.1.3 #337: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.0.1 to v2.1.2 #326: Updating PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md #298: Add github action for releasing #316: adding release_and_publish.yml #333: Rook contiguity weights fails when polygons border at two points <a name="access"></a> access <a name="esda"></a> esda Integration of the work of @jeffcsauer's 2020 GSOC project. This adds tons of new statistical estimators, such as: the local heteroskedasticity estimator, esda.LOSH local geary and multivariate geary estimators, esda.Geary_Local and esda.Geary_Local_MV local join counts in univariate, bivariate, and multivariate flavors, esda.Join_Counts_Local, esda.Join_Counts_Local_BV, and esda.Join_Counts_Local_MV. "analytical" moments for Moran's I for replication/comparison to R. Forms are provided in Sokal 1998. #160: bump version for release #157: Use tags now in gitcount #139: [ENH][DOC] local join count and LOSH statistics #143: document minimum numba version #159: Moments for Moran's I_i following Sokal 1998 #145: [ENH][DOC] local Geary statistics #158: Bump actions/setup-python from v1 to v2.2.1 #156: Bump to 2.3.5 #155: Bump version #154: Prepping for 2.3.2 release. #142: Issue with Numba < 0.47 #146: parallelcrand ValueError #147: fix concatenation for random statistics #153: Unexpected LISA results for polygons contained by another polygon #152: Dropping 3.6 from testing. #151: CI: update conda setup #150: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.14 to v1.0.15 #149: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.13 to v1.0.14 #144: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.12 to v1.0.13 #141: Spatial cross-correlations? <a name="giddy"></a> giddy <a name="inequality"></a> inequality <a name="pointpats"></a> pointpats <a name="segregation"></a> segregation #159: bump ver #79: add network, util, and profile functions to readthedocs #158: update docs #153: update docstring for decomposition plotting #157: Update release action for deprecation of set env #156: update github actions #155: bump to Version 1.4 #154: add docstring to decomp plotting #152: more flexible decomp plotting #151: move testing to gha #148: col names hardcoded in _generate_counterfactual #150: updates docs link #149: Website is not rendering correctly <a name="spaghetti"></a> spaghetti The highlights of this release include a bug fix for how network segments were being split (raised in #526) and additions to several notebooks (spatial network segmentation, caveats, and network-constrained spatial autocorrelation). Also, spaghetti is now tested against Python 3.9. #572: bump 1.5.5 --> v1.5.6 after syntax error #571: Prep 1.5.4 rel #569: new documentation build GHA schema #568: keep docs/notebooks directory #556: Revert "Python 3.9 testing for CI" #567: documentation maintenance and notebook generation #566: update docs build process #558: Is sphinx_gallery needed for docs? #565: remove sphinx_gallery from reqs #564: Update unittests.yml (GitHub Action) #557: revisit #555 (adding Python 3.9 testing) #555: Python 3.9 testing for CI #552: update GHA workflows and drop Py3.6 Windows testing #551: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.14 to v1.0.15 #548: Request inclusion for GitHub Discussions. #546: Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.3 to v2.3.4 #101: Network K Functionality #543: changed binder's link to reflect the new name of master branches from… #544: Update environment.yml #437: [JOSS] time to start thinking about a JOSS paper #542: minor edits and updated figure references #541: preparing JOSS paper for submission #540: Libpysal req #539: forgot to sync docs for v1.5.1 release #538: Version bump for bug fix (#535) #535: Vertex/Arc ID sorting bug in Network.split_arcs() #537: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.13 to v1.0.14 #526: Strange count_per_link() results for networks generated using ntw.split_arcs() #536: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.1.3 to v2.1.4 #533: Clarify the Network._extractnetwork() creation procedure #534: Add more documentation for Network._extractnetwork() #532: Network creation splits arcs at each node #531: Network parameter extractgraph has no effect #528: Correcting unit typos and errors in notebooks #529: updating landing page images #525: Wrong distance units in split_arcs description #524: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.1.2 to v2.1.3 #523: update docstrings and rebuild docs #521: bump Python version for notebooks #520: Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.2 to v2.3.3 #519: Bump actions/create-release from v1.1.3 to v1.1.4 #518: updating test_nearest_neighbor_distances() #517: remove black check in unittest #516: updating Python version in pre-commit-config.yaml #515: Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.12 to v1.0.13 #514: Bump actions/create-release from v1.1.2 to v1.1.3 #513: Bump actions/setup-python from v2.1.1 to v2.1.2 #512: Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.1 to v2.3.2 <a name="mgwr"></a> mgwr #86: version bump #83: check_constant change #85: model.predict => AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'shape' <a name="spglm"></a> spglm #30: update log #29: version bump #28: fix check_constant returns <a name="spint"></a> spint #26: version/log bump #25: update travis <a name="spreg"></a> spreg #54: Docs To Do #63: Missing classes in API docs #64: notebook and API docs cleanup #60: Add tutorials to docs #56: Travis --> GHA #55: CI with GitHub Actions #53: Migrate from RTD to GH-pages for automated doc builds and hosting #52: update env variable syntax #47: Spatial dependence diagnostics returns nan #46: Random Effects for Spatial Panels #50: Random Effects Panel #38: Add GM_Lag_example notebook #44: Fixed Effects Panel - Spatial Error model #45: Fixed Effects Panel - Spatial Error #49: Not being able to release to PyPI using release_and_publish.yml #48: fix doctest of check_constant <a name="spvcm"></a> spvcm <a name="tobler"></a> tobler #129: bump version #128: badges out of date #127: update docs #94: remove accidental notebook commit #121: h3fy example/dep #126: more efficient unary_union in h3fy #124: hexify multipolygons #125: h3fy function fails if input contains multipolygons