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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='geopandas',
+      version='0.1dev',
+      description='Geographic pandas extensions',
+      license='BSD',
+      author='Kelsey Jordahl',
+      author_email='kjordahl@enthought.com',
+      url='',
+      packages=['geopandas'],
+      install_requires=['pandas', 'shapely', 'fiona', 'descartes'],
+)