Dependency to scipy motivated?

[wweijtje]

I always try to avoid dependencies to scipy when there is a valid alternative. I notice often scipy is imported for just a single function where often an equivalent (most often within numpy) exists.

The reason is that scipy comes in at a whopping 45MB.

Of course there are definitely functions that require scipy and if it is not just one, then it is ok. But is a dependency I always hunt down :-)

[arsmlnkv]

It is required for the groundhog package which is required for soil stuff. I guess in the near future, when we split the package, it can be avoided for the basic functionality package like geometry/locations.

[arsmlnkv]

I removed this dependency from the latest stable version (without soil functionality). When it will be realised in full, I will return it.