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# About GeoPandas
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:maxdepth: 2
:caption: About
:hidden:
Team <about/team>
Roadmap <about/roadmap>
Citing <about/citing>
Logo <about/logo>
```
GeoPandas is an open source project to add support for geographic data to pandas objects. It
currently implements `GeoSeries` and `GeoDataFrame` types which are subclasses of
`pandas.Series` and `pandas.DataFrame` respectively. GeoPandas objects can act on
`shapely` geometry objects and perform geometric operations.
GeoPandas is a community-led project written, used and supported by a wide range of
people from all around of world of a large variety of backgrounds. Want to get involved
in the community? See our [community guidelines](community).
GeoPandas will always be 100% open source software, free for all to use and released
under the liberal terms of the BSD-3-Clause license.
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{doc}`Team <about/team>` {doc}`Roadmap <about/roadmap>`
{doc}`Citing <about/citing>` {doc}`Logo <about/logo>`
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GeoPandas is a fiscally sponsored project of NumFOCUS, a nonprofit dedicated to
supporting the open-source scientific computing community. If you like GeoPandas and
want to support our mission, please consider making a [donation](https://numfocus.org/donate-for-geopandas) to support our
efforts.
NumFOCUS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity in the United States; as such, donations to
NumFOCUS are tax-deductible as allowed by law. As with any donation, you should consult
with your personal tax adviser or the IRS about your particular tax situation.
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:alt: numfocus
:width: 400px
:align: center
:target: <https://numfocus.org/project/geopandas>
```
## Project history
Kelsey Jordahl founded GeoPandas project in 2013 during the Scipy Conference and
released a version 0.1.0 in July 2014. In 2016, Joris Van den Bossche took the lead and
became the maintainer of the project. Since the beginning, GeoPandas is a BSD-licensed
open-source project supported by a [community of
contributors](https://github.com/geopandas/geopandas/graphs/contributors) from around
the world and is now maintained by a [team](about/team) of core developers.
In 2020 GeoPandas became [NumFOCUS Affiliated
Project](https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects) and received two
[Small Development Grants](https://numfocus.org/programs/sustainability) to support its
development. In 2023, GeoPandas became [NumFOCUS Sponsored
Project](https://numfocus.org/project/geopandas).
## Timeline
- **2013**: Beginning of the development
- **2014**: GeoPandas 0.1.0 released
- **2020**: GeoPandas became [NumFOCUS Affiliated
Project](https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects)
- **2023**: GeoPandas became [NumFOCUS Sponsored
Project](https://numfocus.org/project/geopandas)
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