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PySAL: Example Data Sets 
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PySAL comes with a number of example data sets that are used in some of the
documentation strings in the source code. All the example data sets can be
found in the **examples** directory.

10740
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Polygon shapefile for Albuquerque New Mexico.

* 10740.dbf: attribute database file
* 10740.shp: shapefile
* 10740.shx: spatial index
* 10740_queen.gal: queen contiguity GAL format
* 10740_rook.gal: rook contiguity GAL format


book
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Synthetic data to illustrate spatial weights. Source: Anselin, L. and S.J. Rey (in
progress) Spatial Econometrics: Foundations.

* book.gal: rook contiguity for regular lattice
* book.txt: attribute data for regular lattice

calempdensity
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Employment density for California counties. Source: Anselin, L. and S.J. Rey (in
progress) Spatial Econometrics: Foundations.

* calempdensity.csv: data on employment and employment density in California
  counties.

chicago77
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Chicago Community Areas (n=77). Source: Anselin, L. and S.J. Rey (in
progress) Spatial Econometrics: Foundations.

* Chicago77.dbf: attribute data
* Chicago77.shp: shapefile
* Chicago77.shx: spatial index


desmith
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Example data for autocorrelation analysis. Source: de Smith et al (2009)
`Geospatial Analysis
<http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/output/html/MoranIandGearyC.html>`_ (Used
with permission)

* desmith.txt: attribute data for 10 spatial units
* desmith.gal: spatial weights in GAL format

juvenile
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Cardiff juvenile delinquent residences.

* juvenile.dbf: attribute data
* juvenile.html: documentation
* juvenile.shp: shapefile
* juvenile.shx: spatial index
* juvenile.gwt: spatial weights in GWT format

mexico
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State regional income Mexican states 1940-2000. Source:  Rey, S.J. and M.L.
Sastre Gutierrez. "Interregional inequality dynamics in Mexico." Spatial
Economic Analysis. Forthcoming.

* mexico.csv: attribute data
* mexico.gal: spatial weights in GAL format

rook31
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Small test shapefile

* rook31.dbf: attribute data
* rook31.gal: spatia weights in GAL format
* rook31.shp: shapefile
* rook31.shx: spatial index


sacramento2
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1998 and 2001 Zip Code Business Patterns (Census Bureau) for Sacramento MSA

 * sacramento2.dbf
 * sacramento2.sbn
 * sacramento2.sbx
 * sacramento2.shp
 * sacramento2.shx

shp_test
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Sample Shapefiles used only for testing purposes. Each example include a ".shp" Shapefile, ".shx" Shapefile Index, ".dbf" DBase file, and a ".prj" ESRI Projection file.

Examples include:

 * Point: Example of an ESRI Shapefile of Type 1 (Point).
 * Line: Example of an ESRI Shapefile of Type 3 (Line).
 * Polygon: Example of an ESRI Shapefile of Type 5 (Polygon).

sids2
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North Carolina county SIDS death counts and rates
 
 * sids2.dbf:  attribute data
 * sids2.html: documentation
 * sids2.shp:  shapefile
 * sids2.shx:  spatial index
 * sids2.gal:  GAL file for spatial weights

stl_hom
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Homicides and selected socio-economic characteristics for counties surrounding St Louis, MO. Data aggregated for three time periods: 1979-84 (steady decline in homicides), 1984-88 (stable period), and 1988-93 (steady increase in homicides). Source: S. Messner, L. Anselin, D. Hawkins, G. Deane, S. Tolnay, R. Baller (2000). An Atlas of the Spatial Patterning of County-Level Homicide, 1960-1990. Pittsburgh, PA, National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR).

 * stl_hom.html: Metadata
 * stl_hom.txt: txt file with attribute data
 * stl_hom.wkt: A Well-Known-Text representation of the geometry.
 * stl_hom.csv: attribute data and WKT geometry.
 * stl.hom.gal: GAL file for spatial weights
 

US Regional Incomes
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Per capita income for the lower 48 US states, 1929-2010

 * us48.shp: shapefile 
 * us48.dbf: dbf for shapefile
 * us48.shx: index for shapefile
 * usjoin.csv: attribute data (comma delimited file)

Virginia
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Virginia Counties Shapefile.

  * virginia.shp: Shapefile
  * virginia.shx: shapefile index
  * virginia.dbf: attributes
  * virginia.prj: shapefile projection
