neicio is one of three Python packages containing code modules extracted from the PAGER (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/) software. This package
contains functions and classes designed to make it easier to read in files in various spatial formats (ESRI BIL, GMT NetCDF, ShakeMap grid.xml), read shapefiles, read/write fixed-width formats, and a convenient wrapper around the Python functions for making system calls.

This package depends on:

• numpy, the fundamental package for scientific computing with Python. http://www.numpy.org/
• matplotlib, a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures. <a href="http://matplotlib.org/index.html
• scipy, a Python library which provides many user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as routines for numerical integration and optimization. <a href="http://www.scipy.org/scipylib/index.html
• basemap, a library for plotting 2D data on maps in Python. <a href="http://matplotlib.org/basemap/

The best way to install numpy,matplotlib,and scipy is to use one of the Python distributions described here:

http://www.scipy.org/install.html

Anaconda and Enthought distributions have been successfully tested with neicio.

Most of those distributions should include pip, a command line tool for installing and managing Python packages. You will use pip to install the other dependencies and libcomcat itself.

You may need to open a new terminal window to ensure that the newly installed versions of python and pip are in your path.

To install basemap:

pip install basemap

To install neicio:

pip install git+git://github.com/usgs/neicio.git

To uninstall:

pip uninstall neicio

To update:

pip install -U git+git://github.com/usgs/neicio.git