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+"""
+Canned Views using PySAL and Matplotlib
+"""
+
+__author__ = "Marynia Kolak <marynia.kolak@gmail.com>"
+
+import pandas as pd
+import numpy as np
+import pysal as ps
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+def mplot(m, xlabel='', ylabel='', title='', custom=(7,7)):
+    '''
+    Produce basic Moran Plot 
+    ...
+    Parameters
+    ---------
+    m            : array
+                   values of Moran's I 
+    xlabel       : str
+                   label for x axis
+    ylabel       : str
+                   label for y axis                
+    title        : str
+                   title of plot
+    custom       : tuple
+                   dimensions of figure size
+
+    Returns
+    ---------
+    plot         : png 
+                    image file showing plot
+            
+    '''
+    
+    lag = ps.lag_spatial(m.w, m.z)
+    fit = ps.spreg.OLS(m.z[:, None], lag[:,None])
+
+    ## Customize plot
+    fig = plt.figure(figsize=custom)
+    plt.xlabel(xlabel)
+    plt.ylabel(ylabel)
+    plt.suptitle(title)
+
+    plt.scatter(m.z, lag, s=60, color='k', alpha=.6)
+    plt.plot(lag, fit.predy, color='r')
+
+    plt.axvline(0, alpha=0.5)
+    plt.axhline(0, alpha=0.5)
+    plt.show()
+
+    return None