Spatial algorithms and data structures (scipy.spatial)

Spatial transformations

These are contained in the scipy.spatial.transform submodule.

Nearest-neighbor queries

KDTree(data[, leafsize, compact_nodes, …])

kd-tree for quick nearest-neighbor lookup.

cKDTree(data[, leafsize, compact_nodes, …])

kd-tree for quick nearest-neighbor lookup

Rectangle(maxes, mins)

Hyperrectangle class.

Distance metrics are contained in the scipy.spatial.distance submodule.

Delaunay triangulation, convex hulls, and Voronoi diagrams

Delaunay(points[, furthest_site, …])

Delaunay tessellation in N dimensions.

ConvexHull(points[, incremental, qhull_options])

Convex hulls in N dimensions.

Voronoi(points[, furthest_site, …])

Voronoi diagrams in N dimensions.

SphericalVoronoi(points[, radius, center, …])

Voronoi diagrams on the surface of a sphere.

HalfspaceIntersection(halfspaces, interior_point)

Halfspace intersections in N dimensions.

Plotting helpers

delaunay_plot_2d(tri[, ax])

Plot the given Delaunay triangulation in 2-D

convex_hull_plot_2d(hull[, ax])

Plot the given convex hull diagram in 2-D

voronoi_plot_2d(vor[, ax])

Plot the given Voronoi diagram in 2-D

See also

Tutorial

Simplex representation

The simplices (triangles, tetrahedra, etc.) appearing in the Delaunay tessellation (N-D simplices), convex hull facets, and Voronoi ridges (N-1-D simplices) are represented in the following scheme:

tess = Delaunay(points)
hull = ConvexHull(points)
voro = Voronoi(points)

# coordinates of the jth vertex of the ith simplex
tess.points[tess.simplices[i, j], :]        # tessellation element
hull.points[hull.simplices[i, j], :]        # convex hull facet
voro.vertices[voro.ridge_vertices[i, j], :] # ridge between Voronoi cells

For Delaunay triangulations and convex hulls, the neighborhood structure of the simplices satisfies the condition: tess.neighbors[i,j] is the neighboring simplex of the ith simplex, opposite to the j-vertex. It is -1 in case of no neighbor.

Convex hull facets also define a hyperplane equation:

(hull.equations[i,:-1] * coord).sum() + hull.equations[i,-1] == 0

Similar hyperplane equations for the Delaunay triangulation correspond to the convex hull facets on the corresponding N+1-D paraboloid.

The Delaunay triangulation objects offer a method for locating the simplex containing a given point, and barycentric coordinate computations.

Functions

tsearch(tri, xi)

Find simplices containing the given points.

distance_matrix(x, y[, p, threshold])

Compute the distance matrix.

minkowski_distance(x, y[, p])

Compute the L**p distance between two arrays.

minkowski_distance_p(x, y[, p])

Compute the pth power of the L**p distance between two arrays.

procrustes(data1, data2)

Procrustes analysis, a similarity test for two data sets.

geometric_slerp(start, end, t[, tol])

Geometric spherical linear interpolation.