DOC: update doc sidebar + remove about (#773)

doc/source/about.rst

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-About
-=====
-
-Known issues
-------------
-
-- The ``geopy`` API has changed significantly over recent versions,
-  ``geopy 1.10.0`` is currently supported.
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-

doc/source/index.rst

@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@ to multiple geometries to shapely.  GeoPandas enables you to easily do
 operations in python that would otherwise require a spatial database
 such as PostGIS.
 
+
 .. toctree::
-  :maxdepth: 2
+  :maxdepth: 1
+  :caption: Getting Started
 
   Installation <install>
   Examples Gallery <gallery/index>
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 1
+  :caption: User Guide
+
   Data Structures <data_structures>
   Reading and Writing Files <io>
   Indexing and Selecting Data <indexing>
@@ -38,9 +45,20 @@ such as PostGIS.
   Aggregation with dissolve <aggregation_with_dissolve>
   Merging Data <mergingdata>
   Geocoding <geocoding>
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 1
+  :caption: Reference Guide
+
   Reference to All Attributes and Methods <reference>
+
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 1
+  :caption: Developer
+
   Contributing to GeoPandas <contributing>
-  About <about>
+
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================

doc/source/mapping.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
    import matplotlib
    orig = matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize']
    matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = [orig[0] * 1.5, orig[1]]
-
+   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+   plt.close('all')
 
 
 Mapping Tools
@@ -128,3 +129,10 @@ Links to jupyter Notebooks for different mapping tasks:
     :suppress:
 
     matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = orig
+
+
+.. ipython:: python
+    :suppress:
+
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    plt.close('all')

doc/source/set_operations.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
    :suppress:
 
    import geopandas as gpd
+   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+   plt.close('all')
 
 
 Set-Operations with Overlay
@@ -182,6 +184,11 @@ Changing the "how" option allows for different types of overlay operations. For
    country_peripheries.plot(alpha=0.5, edgecolor='k', cmap='tab10');
 
 
+.. ipython:: python
+    :suppress:
+
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    plt.close('all')
 
 
 More Examples