diff --git a/geopandas/__init__.py b/geopandas/__init__.py
index ea8d4f2..3f2a276 100644
--- a/geopandas/__init__.py
+++ b/geopandas/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@ try:
     from geopandas.version import version as __version__
 except ImportError:
     __version__ = '0.1.0.dev-unknown'
-from geoseries import GeoSeries
-from geodataframe import GeoDataFrame
+
+from geopandas.geoseries import GeoSeries
+from geopandas.geodataframe import GeoDataFrame
 
 from geopandas.io.file import read_file
 from geopandas.io.sql import read_postgis
+
+# make the interactive namespace easier to use
+# for `from geopandas import *` demos.
+import geopandas as gpd
+import pandas as pd
+import numpy as np