shape is a Python package for 2D shapes handling.

Features

• objects:
  • abstract shape
  • point
  • polygon
  • bounding box
  • rotated bounding box
  • ellipse
• relations: intersection, closeness
• manipulation: move and rotate
• visualization using matplotlib

Installation

pip install shape

Documentation

See tests for now.

Alternatives

https://github.com/varunagrawal/bbox

• bounding box only
• lightweight

https://github.com/shapely/shapely

• complex
• based on C++ GEOS library