diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a458320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+spatial_python.Rproj
diff --git a/packages.md b/packages.md
index 5a5c252..7e87dc1 100644
--- a/packages.md
+++ b/packages.md
@@ -14,17 +14,26 @@
 * [pyqgis][] - For anything and everything GIS
 * [geopy][] - For geolocating and things like that
 * [geojsonio.py][] - For shooting data to the web
+* [geog][] - For a numpy interface to solve geodesic problems
+* [h5py][] - Your pythonic gateway to hdf5 files
+* [pyModis][] - Download and preprocess MODIS data
+* [pyspatial](https://github.com/granularag/pyspatial) - projection aware querying of vector/raster data
 
 ## Data Analysis
 
+* [scipy][] - General scientific computing library. Has a spatial module.
+* [scikit-image][] - Algorithms for (satellite) image processing
+* [scikit-learn][] - Machine learning for python
 * [statsmodels][] - For models and stats in Python
-* [pysal][] - For all your spatial econometrics needs (and more)
+* [pysal][] -  Spatial econometrics, exploratory spatial and spatio-temporal data analysis, spatial clustering (and more)
 * [networkx][] - For working with networks (duh!)
+* [rasterstats][] - For analyzing rasters based on vector geometries (zonal statistics)
 
 ## Plotting/Mapping
 
 * [matplotlib][] - For all my plotting needs
 * [cartopy][] - For plotting spatial data on projections and more
+* [folium][] - Python Data. Leaflet.js Maps.
 * [nodebox-opengl][] - For playing around with animations
 * [descartes][] - For plotting geometries in matplotlib
 * [basemap][] - For plotting geospatial data on projections
@@ -58,11 +67,19 @@
 [ogr/gdal]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/GDAL/
 [matplotlib]: http://matplotlib.org/
 [fiona]: http://toblerity.github.io/fiona/
+[folium]: https://github.com/python-visualization/folium
 [networkx]: http://networkx.github.io/
 [pelican]: http://docs.getpelican.com/en/3.2/
 [pyqgis]: http://www.qgis.org/pyqgis-cookbook/
-[pysal]: http://pythonhosted.org/PySAL/
+[pysal]: http://pysal.org
 [geographiclib]: http://geographiclib.sourceforge.net/
 [pyproj]: https://code.google.com/p/pyproj/
 [pyshp]: https://code.google.com/p/pyshp/
 [descartes]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/descartes
+[rasterstats]: https://github.com/perrygeo/python-raster-stats
+[geog]: https://github.com/jwass/geog
+[scipy]: https://github.com/scipy/scipy
+[scikit-image]: http://scikit-image.org/
+[scikit-learn]: https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn
+[h5py]: https://github.com/h5py/h5py
+[pyModis]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyModis