diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 359e5d3..2d78924 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Plotly, Inc
+Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Plotly, Inc
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a23077d..611b931 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-Package containing the geo shape files used by plotly.py
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+Package containing the geo shape files used by plotly.py
+
+_Note: plotly-geo was previously housed in the [Plotly.py](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py) repository [until early 2025](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/4972). This repository retains the Git history for all plotly-geo files, dating back to [mid-2019](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/1604) when the Plotly.py directory structure was changed. If you want to follow the history of these files back further in time, start [here](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/commits/59e36cf850bdb2384ddaf40ac37ad79f691c610c/plotly-geo-package/README.md?browsing_rename_history=true&new_path=packages/python/plotly-geo/README.md&original_branch=master)._
diff --git a/release.md b/release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a962d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+## Release process for `plotly-geo` package
+
+The `plotly-geo` package contains the shape file resources used by plotly.py.
+These files are relatively large and change infrequently so it is useful
+to release them in a separate package.
+
+### Update version
+
+Update the version of the `plotly-geo` package in
+`setup.py`.
+
+This version is not intended to match the version of plotly.py.
+
+### Update CHANGELOG
+
+Add a new entry to the CHANGELOG at `CHANGELOG.md`
+and commit the changes.
+
+### Tag Release
+
+Create a new tag for the release:
+
+```bash
+(plotly_dev) $ git checkout main
+(plotly_dev) $ git stash
+(plotly_dev) $ git pull origin main
+(plotly_dev) $ git tag vX.Y.Z
+(plotly_dev) $ git push origin vX.Y.Z
+```
+
+### Publishing to PYPI
+
+Publish the final version to PyPI:
+
+```bash
+(plotly_dev) $ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+(plotly_dev) $ twine upload dist/plotly_geo-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+(plotly_dev) $ twine upload dist/plotly_geo-X.Y.Z-py3-none-any.whl
+```
+
+### Publish to plotly anaconda channel
+
+From the repository's root directory, build the conda package:
+```bash
+(plotly_dev) $ conda build recipe/
+```
+
+Then upload to the plotly anaconda channel as described above
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b267556..2a3d5df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def readme():
     maintainer="Jon Mease",
     maintainer_email="jon@plot.ly",
     url="https://plot.ly/python/",
-    project_urls={"Github": "https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py"},
+    project_urls={"Github": "https://github.com/plotly/plotly-geo"},
     description="geo shape files for use with plotly.py",
     long_description=readme(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def readme():
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
     ],
     license="MIT",