Geks

Geks is a Python toolkit for generating geographical maps in a hexagonal lattice.

Installation

To install latest version from PyPI:

pip install geks[mpl]

Suffix mpl means that Geks will be installed with matplotlib that powers a testing front-end.

To install development version from GitHub (preferably in a virtual environment):

git clone https://github.com/kompoth/geks.git
make install-mpl

See other build and install commands in Makefile.

Credits

• Red Blob Games blog
• Martin O'Leary article
• Altitude generation for hexagonal maps
• Planchon-Darboux method