Best Python GIS library? [closed]

Answer 1

I've used GeoDjango, it's pretty good, especially if you are familiar with Django. There is also GeoAlchemy for SQLAlchemy, which might be a good alternative. Both are fairly well documented, pythonic libraries.

Answer 2

In 2011, this is how you check a project's vital signs: https://github.com/sgillies/shapely/commits/master/.

In my honest opinion (disclaimer: I am the lead developer and manual author), Shapely's documentation is right up there with any other GIS software; maybe not quite as good as the PostGIS manual (crême de la crême), but better than ArcPy's, and much better than GEOS's.