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Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pyshp
Version: 1.2.12
Version: 2.0.0
Summary: Pure Python read/write support for ESRI Shapefile format
Home-page: https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp
Author: Joel Lawhead
Author-email: jlawhead@geospatialpython.com
License: MIT
Download-URL: https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/archive/1.2.10.tar.gz
Download-URL: https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/archive/2.0.0.tar.gz
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Description: # PyShp
The Python Shapefile Library (pyshp) reads and writes ESRI Shapefiles in pure Python.
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[Overview](#overview)
[Version Changes](#version-changes)
[Examples](#examples)
- [Reading Shapefiles](#reading-shapefiles)
- [Reading Shapefiles Using the Context Manager](#reading-shapefiles-using-the-context-manager)
- [Reading Shapefiles from File-Like Objects](#reading-shapefiles-from-file-like-objects)
- [Reading Shapefile Meta-Data](#reading-shapefile-meta-data)
- [Reading Geometry](#reading-geometry)
- [Reading Records](#reading-records)
- [Reading Geometry and Records Simultaneously](#reading-geometry-and-records-simultaneously)
- [Writing Shapefiles](#writing-shapefiles)
- [Writing Shapefiles Using the Context Manager](#writing-shapefiles-using-the-context-manager)
- [Writing Shapefiles to File-Like Objects](#writing-shapefiles-to-file-like-objects)
- [Setting the Shape Type](#setting-the-shape-type)
- [Geometry and Record Balancing](#geometry-and-record-balancing)
- [Adding Records](#adding-records)
- [Adding Geometry](#adding-geometry)
- [Creating Attributes](#creating-attributes)
- [File Names](#file-names)
- [Saving to File-Like Objects](#saving-to-file-like-objects)
- [Editing Shapefiles](#editing-shapefiles)
- [Geometry and Record Balancing](#geometry-and-record-balancing)
- [Python \_\_geo_interface\_\_](#python-\_\_geo\_interface\_\_)
- [Testing](#testing)
[How To's](#how-tos)
- [3D and Other Geometry Types](#3d-and-other-geometry-types)
- [Working with Large Shapefiles](#working-with-large-shapefiles)
- [Unicode and Shapefile Encodings](#unicode-and-shapefile-encodings)
[Testing](#testing)
# Overview
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. The Esri document describes the shp and shx file formats. However a third
file format called dbf is also required. This format is documented on the web
as the "XBase File Format Description" and is a simple file-based database
format created in the 1960's. For more on this specification see: [http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/index.html](http://www.clicketyclick.d
k/databases/xbase/format/index.html)
format created in the 1960's. For more on this specification see: [http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/index.html](http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/index.html)
Both the Esri and XBase file-formats are very simple in design and memory
efficient which is part of the reason the shapefile format remains popular
despite the numerous ways to store and exchange GIS data available today.
Pyshp is compatible with Python 2.4-3.x.
Pyshp is compatible with Python 2.7-3.x.
This document provides examples for using pyshp to read and write shapefiles. However
many more examples are continually added to the pyshp wiki on GitHub, the blog [http://GeospatialPython.com](http://GeospatialPython.com),
many more examples are continually added to the blog [http://GeospatialPython.com](http://GeospatialPython.com),
and by searching for pyshp on [https://gis.stackexchange.com](https://gis.stackexchange.com).
Currently the sample census blockgroup shapefile referenced in the examples is available on the GitHub project site at
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reading and writing data, and allows you to focus on the challenging and FUN
part of your geospatial project.
# Version Changes
## 2.0.0
The newest version of PyShp, version 2.0 introduced some major new improvements.
A great thanks to all who have contributed code and raised issues, and for everyone's
patience and understanding during the transition period.
Some of the new changes are incompatible with previous versions.
Users of the previous version 1.x should therefore take note of the following changes
(Note: Some contributor attributions may be missing):
### Major Changes:
- Full support for unicode text, with custom encoding, and exception handling.
- Means that the Reader returns unicode, and the Writer accepts unicode.
- PyShp has been simplified to a pure input-output library using the Reader and Writer classes, dropping the Editor class.
- Switched to a new streaming approach when writing files, keeping memory-usage at a minimum:
- Specify filepath/destination and text encoding when creating the Writer.
- The file is written incrementally with each call to shape/record.
- Adding shapes is now done using dedicated methods for each shapetype.
- Reading shapefiles is now more convenient:
- Shapefiles can be opened using the context manager, and files are properly closed.
- Shapefiles can be iterated, have a length, and supports the geo interface.
- New ways of inspecing shapefile metadata by printing. [@megies]
- More convenient accessing of Record values as attributes. [@philippkraft]
- More convenient shape type name checking. [@megies]
- Add more support and documentation for MultiPatch 3D shapes.
- The Reader "elevation" and "measure" attributes now renamed "zbox" and "mbox", to make it clear they refer to the min/max values.
- Better documentation of previously unclear aspects, such as field types.
### Important Fixes:
- More reliable/robust:
- Fixed shapefile bbox error for empty or point type shapefiles. [@mcuprjak]
- Reading and writing Z and M type shapes is now more robust, fixing many errors, and has been added to the documentation. [@ShinNoNoir]
- Improved parsing of field value types, fixed errors and made more flexible.
- Fixed bug when writing shapefiles with datefield and date values earlier than 1900 [@megies]
- Fix some geo interface errors, including checking polygon directions.
- Bug fixes for reading from case sensitive file names, individual files separately, and from file-like objects. [@gastoneb, @kb003308, @erickskb]
- Enforce maximum field limit. [@mwtoews]
# Examples
Before doing anything you must import the library.
>>> import shapefile
The examples below will use a shapefile created from the U.S. Census Bureau
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OR any of the other 5+ formats which are potentially part of a shapefile. The
library does not care about file extensions.
### Reading Shapefiles Using the Context Manager
The "Reader" class can be used as a context manager, to ensure open file
objects are properly closed when done reading the data:
>>> with shapefile.Reader("shapefiles/blockgroups.shp") as shp:
... print(shp)
shapefile Reader
663 shapes (type 'POLYGON')
663 records (44 fields)
### Reading Shapefiles from File-Like Objects
You can also load shapefiles from any Python file-like object using keyword
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shx file to access shape records a little faster but will do just fine without
it.
### Reading Shapefile Meta-Data
Shapefiles have a number of attributes for inspecting the file contents.
A shapefile is a container for a specific type of geometry, and this can be checked using the
shapeType attribute.
>>> sf.shapeType
5
Shape types are represented by numbers between 0 and 31 as defined by the
shapefile specification and listed below. It is important to note that numbering system has
several reserved numbers which have not been used yet therefore the numbers of
the existing shape types are not sequential:
- NULL = 0
- POINT = 1
- POLYLINE = 3
- POLYGON = 5
- MULTIPOINT = 8
- POINTZ = 11
- POLYLINEZ = 13
- POLYGONZ = 15
- MULTIPOINTZ = 18
- POINTM = 21
- POLYLINEM = 23
- POLYGONM = 25
- MULTIPOINTM = 28
- MULTIPATCH = 31
Based on this we can see that our blockgroups shapefile contains
Polygon type shapes. The shape types are also defined as constants in
the shapefile module, so that we can compare types more intuitively:
>>> sf.shapeType == shapefile.POLYGON
True
For convenience, you can also get the name of the shape type as a string:
>>> sf.shapeTypeName == 'POLYGON'
True
Other pieces of meta-data that we can check includes the number of features,
or the bounding box area the shapefile covers:
>>> len(sf)
663
>>> sf.bbox
[-122.515048, 37.652916, -122.327622, 37.863433]
### Reading Geometry
A shapefile's geometry is the collection of points or shapes made from
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shapefiles just store points. The metadata about the points determine how they
are handled by software.
You can get the a list of the shapefile's geometry by calling the shapes()
You can get a list of the shapefile's geometry by calling the shapes()
method.
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>>> len(shapes)
663
You can iterate through the shapefile's geometry using the iterShapes()
method.
To read a single shape by calling its index use the shape() method. The index
is the shape's count from 0. So to read the 8th shape record you would use its
index which is 7.
>>> len(list(sf.iterShapes()))
663
>>> s = sf.shape(7)
Each shape record contains the following attributes:
>>> # Read the bbox of the 8th shape to verify
>>> # Round coordinates to 3 decimal places
>>> ['%.3f' % coord for coord in s.bbox]
['-122.450', '37.801', '-122.442', '37.808']
Each shape record (except Points) contain the following attributes. Records of shapeType Point do not have a bounding box 'bbox'.
>>> for name in dir(shapes[3]):
... if not name.startswith('__'):
... if not name.startswith('_'):
... name
'bbox'
'parts'
'points'
'shapeType'
'shapeTypeName'
* shapeType: an integer representing the type of shape as defined by the
shapefile specification.
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>>> shapes[3].shapeType
5
* shapeTypeName: a string representation of the type of shape as defined by shapeType. Read-only.
>>> shapes[3].shapeTypeName
'POLYGON'
* bbox: If the shape type contains multiple points this tuple describes the
lower left (x,y) coordinate and upper right corner coordinate creating a
complete box around the points. If the shapeType is a
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point of each part. If there is only one part then a list containing 0 is
returned.
>>> shapes[3].parts
[0]
* points: The points attribute contains a list of tuples containing an
(x,y) coordinate for each point in the shape.
>>> len(shapes[3].points)
173
>>> # Get the 8th point of the fourth shape
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>>> ['%.3f' % coord for coord in shape]
['-122.471', '37.787']
To read a single shape by calling its index use the shape() method. The index
is the shape's count from 0. So to read the 8th shape record you would use its
index which is 7.
In most cases, however, if you need to more than just type or bounds checking, you may want
to convert the geometry to the more human-readable [GeoJSON format](http://geojson.org),
where lines and polygons are grouped for you:
>>> s = sf.shape(7)
>>> s = sf.shape(0)
>>> geoj = s.__geo_interface__
>>> geoj["type"]
'MultiPolygon'
>>> # Read the bbox of the 8th shape to verify
>>> # Round coordinates to 3 decimal places
>>> ['%.3f' % coord for coord in s.bbox]
['-122.450', '37.801', '-122.442', '37.808']
### Reading Records
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field is a Python list with the following information:
* Field name: the name describing the data at this column index.
* Field type: the type of data at this column index. Types can be: Character,
Numbers, Longs, Dates, or Memo. The "Memo" type has no meaning within a
GIS and is part of the xbase spec instead.
* Field type: the type of data at this column index. Types can be:
* "C": Characters, text.
* "N": Numbers, with or without decimals.
* "F": Floats (same as "N").
* "L": Logical, for boolean True/False values.
* "D": Dates.
* "M": Memo, has no meaning within a GIS and is part of the xbase spec instead.
* Field length: the length of the data found at this column index. Older GIS
software may truncate this length to 8 or 11 characters for "Character"
fields.
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>>> len(records)
663
Similar to the geometry methods, you can iterate through dbf records using the
iterRecords() method.
To read a single record call the record() method with the record's index:
>>> len(list(sf.iterRecords()))
663
Each record is a list containing an attribute corresponding to each field in
the field list.
>>> rec = sf.record(3)
For example in the 4th record of the blockgroups shapefile the 2nd and 3rd
fields are the blockgroup id and the 1990 population count of that San
Francisco blockgroup:
Each record is a list-like Record object containing the values corresponding to each field in
the field list. A record's values can be accessed by positional indexing or slicing.
For example in the blockgroups shapefile the 2nd and 3rd fields are the blockgroup id
and the 1990 population count of that San Francisco blockgroup:
>>> records[3][1:3]
>>> rec[1:3]
['060750601001', 4715]
To read a single record call the record() method with the record's index:
For simpler access, the fields of a record can also accessed via the name of the field,
either as a key or as an attribute name. The blockgroup id (BKG_KEY) of the blockgroups shapefile
can also be retrieved as:
>>> rec = sf.record(3)
>>> rec['BKG_KEY']
'060750601001'
>>> rec[1:3]
['060750601001', 4715]
>>> rec.BKG_KEY
'060750601001'
The record values can be easily integrated with other programs by converting it to a field-value dictionary:
>>> dct = rec.as_dict()
>>> sorted(dct.items())
[('AGE_18_29', 1467), ('AGE_30_49', 1681), ('AGE_50_64', 92), ('AGE_5_17', 848), ('AGE_65_UP', 30), ('AGE_UNDER5', 597), ('AMERI_ES', 6), ('AREA', 2.34385), ('ASIAN_PI', 452), ('BKG_KEY', '060750601001'), ('BLACK', 1007), ('DIVORCED', 149), ('FEMALES', 2095), ('FHH_CHILD', 16), ('HISPANIC', 416), ('HOUSEHOLDS', 1195), ('HSEHLD_1_F', 40), ('HSEHLD_1_M', 22), ('HSE_UNITS', 1258), ('MALES', 2620), ('MARHH_CHD', 79), ('MARHH_NO_C', 958), ('MARRIED', 2021), ('MEDIANRENT', 739), ('MEDIAN_VAL', 337500), ('MHH_CHILD', 0), ('MOBILEHOME', 0), ('NEVERMARRY', 703), ('OTHER', 288), ('OWNER_OCC', 66), ('POP1990', 4715), ('POP90_SQMI', 2011.6), ('RENTER_OCC', 3733), ('SEPARATED', 49), ('UNITS10_49', 49), ('UNITS2', 160), ('UNITS3_9', 672), ('UNITS50_UP', 0), ('UNITS_1ATT', 302), ('UNITS_1DET', 43), ('VACANT', 93), ('WHITE', 2962), ('WIDOWED', 37)]
If at a later point you need to check the record's index position in the original
shapefile, you can do this through the "oid" attribute:
>>> rec.oid
3
### Reading Geometry and Records Simultaneously
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Calling the shapeRecords() method will return the geometry and attributes for
all shapes as a list of ShapeRecord objects. Each ShapeRecord instance has a
"shape" and "record" attribute. The shape attribute is a ShapeRecord object as
"shape" and "record" attribute. The shape attribute is a Shape object as
discussed in the first section "Reading Geometry". The record attribute is a
list of field values as demonstrated in the "Reading Records" section.
list-like object containing field values as demonstrated in the "Reading Records" section.
>>> shapeRecs = sf.shapeRecords()
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>>> len(points)
2
There is also an iterShapeRecords() method to iterate through large files:
>>> shapeRecs = sf.iterShapeRecords()
>>> for shapeRec in shapeRecs:
... # do something here
... pass
## Writing Shapefiles
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format as a control file for the sprayer system (usually in combination with
custom database file formats).
To create a shapefile you add geometry and/or attributes using methods in the
Writer class until you are ready to save the file.
Create an instance of the Writer class to begin creating a shapefile:
To create a shapefile you begin by initiating a new Writer instance, passing it
the file path and name to save to:
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/testfile')
### Setting the Shape Type
The shape type defines the type of geometry contained in the shapefile. All of
the shapes must match the shape type setting.
Shape types are represented by numbers between 0 and 31 as defined by the
shapefile specification. It is important to note that numbering system has
several reserved numbers which have not been used yet therefore the numbers of
the existing shape types are not sequential.
There are three ways to set the shape type:
* Set it when creating the class instance.
* Set it by assigning a value to an existing class instance.
* Set it automatically to the type of the first non-null shape by saving the shapefile.
To manually set the shape type for a Writer object when creating the Writer:
>>> w = shapefile.Writer(shapeType=1)
>>> w.shapeType
1
OR you can set it after the Writer is created:
>>> w.shapeType = 3
>>> w.shapeType
3
### Geometry and Record Balancing
Because every shape must have a corresponding record it is critical that the
number of records equals the number of shapes to create a valid shapefile. You
must take care to add records and shapes in the same order so that the record
data lines up with the geometry data. For example:
>>> w.field("field1", "C")
>>> w.field("field2", "C")
>>> w.record("row", "one")
>>> w.record("row", "two")
>>> w.point(1, 1)
>>> w.point(2, 2)
### Adding Geometry
Geometry is added using one of three methods: "null", "point", or "poly". The
"null" method is used for null shapes, "point" is used for point shapes, "line" for lines, and
"poly" is used for polygons and everything else.
**Adding a Point shape**
Point shapes are added using the "point" method. A point is specified by an x,
y, and optional z (elevation) and m (measure) value.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer(shapefile.POINTM)
>>> w.point(122, 37) # No elevation or measure values
>>> w.shapes()[0].points
[[122, 37, 0, 0]]
File extensions are optional when reading or writing shapefiles. If you specify
them PyShp ignores them anyway. When you save files you can specify a base
file name that is used for all three file types. Or you can specify a name for
one or more file types:
>>> w.point(118, 36, 4, 8)
>>> w.shapes()[1].points
[[118, 36, 4, 8]]
>>> w = shapefile.Writer(dbf='shapefiles/test/onlydbf.dbf')
>>> w.field('FIRST_FLD', 'C')
>>> w.field('SECOND_FLD', 'C')
In that case, any file types not assigned will not
save and only file types with file names will be saved.
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/point')
### Writing Shapefiles Using the Context Manager
**Adding a Polygon shape**
The "Writer" class automatically closes the open files and writes the final headers once it is garbage collected.
In case of a crash and to make the code more readable, it is nevertheless recommended
you do this manually by calling the "close()" method:
Shapefile polygons must have at
least 4 points and the last point must be the same as the first. PyShp
automatically enforces closed polygons.
>>> w.close()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
Alternatively, you can also use the "Writer" class as a context manager, to ensure open file
objects are properly closed and final headers written once you exit the with-clause:
>>> w.poly(parts=[[[122,37,4,9], [117,36,3,4]], [[115,32,8,8],
... [118,20,6,4], [113,24]]])
>>> w.field('FIRST_FLD', 'C')
>>> w.field('SECOND_FLD', 'C')
>>> with shapefile.Writer("shapefiles/test/contextwriter") as shp:
... pass
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/polygon')
### Writing Shapefiles to File-Like Objects
**Adding a Line shape**
Just as you can read shapefiles from python file-like objects you can also
write to them:
A line must have at least two points.
Because of the similarities between polygon and line types it is possible to create
a line shape using either the "line" or "poly" method.
>>> try:
... from StringIO import StringIO
... except ImportError:
... from io import BytesIO as StringIO
>>> shp = StringIO()
>>> shx = StringIO()
>>> dbf = StringIO()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer(shp=shp, shx=shx, dbf=dbf)
>>> w.field('field1', 'C')
>>> w.record()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.close()
>>> # To read back the files you could call the "StringIO.getvalue()" method later.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
### Setting the Shape Type
>>> w.line(parts=[[[1,5],[5,5],[5,1],[3,3],[1,1]]])
>>> w.poly(parts=[[[1,3],[5,3]]], shapeType=shapefile.POLYLINE)
The shape type defines the type of geometry contained in the shapefile. All of
the shapes must match the shape type setting.
>>> w.field('FIRST_FLD', 'C')
>>> w.field('SECOND_FLD', 'C')
There are three ways to set the shape type:
* Set it when creating the class instance.
* Set it by assigning a value to an existing class instance.
* Set it automatically to the type of the first non-null shape by saving the shapefile.
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/polygon')
To manually set the shape type for a Writer object when creating the Writer:
**Adding a Null shape**
Because Null shape types (shape type 0) have no geometry the "null" method is
called without any arguments. This type of shapefile is rarely used but it is valid.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/shapetype', shapeType=3)
>>> w.shapeType
3
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
OR you can set it after the Writer is created:
>>> w.null()
The writer object's shapes list will now have one null shape:
>>> w.shapeType = 1
>>> w.shapeType
1
>>> assert w.shapes()[0].shapeType == shapefile.NULL
### Creating Attributes
### Adding Records
Creating attributes involves two steps. Step 1 is to create fields to contain
attribute values and step 2 is to populate the fields with values for each
shape record.
Before you can add records you must first create the fields that define what types of
values will go into each attribute.
There are several different field types, all of which support storing None values as NULL.
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length of text values to save space:
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.field('TEXT', 'C')
>>> w.field('SHORT_TEXT', 'C', size=5)
>>> w.field('LONG_TEXT', 'C', size=250)
>>> w.null()
>>> w.record('Hello', 'World', 'World'*50)
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.close()
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> assert r.record(0) == ['Hello', 'World', 'World'*50]
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>>> from datetime import date
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.field('DATE', 'D')
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.record(date(1998,1,30))
>>> w.record(date(1898,1,30))
>>> w.record([1998,1,30])
>>> w.record('19980130')
>>> w.record(None)
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.close()
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> assert r.record(0) == [date(1998,1,30)]
>>> assert r.record(0) == [date(1898,1,30)]
>>> assert r.record(1) == [date(1998,1,30)]
>>> assert r.record(2) == [date(1998,1,30)]
>>> assert r.record(3) == [None]
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(including comma and minus).
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.field('INT', 'N')
>>> w.field('LOWPREC', 'N', decimal=2)
>>> w.field('MEDPREC', 'N', decimal=10)
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>>> nr = 1.3217328
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.record(INT=int(nr), LOWPREC=nr, MEDPREC=nr, HIGHPREC=-3.2302e-25, FTYPE=nr, LARGENR=int(nr)*10**100)
>>> w.record(INT=nr, LOWPREC=nr, MEDPREC=nr, HIGHPREC=-3.2302e-25, FTYPE=nr, LARGENR=int(nr)*10**100)
>>> w.record(None, None, None, None, None, None)
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.close()
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> assert r.record(0) == [1, 1.32, 1.3217328, -3.2302e-25, 1.3217328, 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000]
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None is interpreted as missing.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.field('BOOLEAN', 'L')
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.record(True)
>>> w.record(1)
>>> w.record(False)
>>> w.record(0)
>>> w.record(None)
>>> w.record("Nonesense")
>>> w.save('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.close()
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> r.record(0)
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You can also add attributes using keyword arguments where the keys are field names.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer()
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/dtype')
>>> w.field('FIRST_FLD','C','40')
>>> w.field('SECOND_FLD','C','40')
>>> w.null()
>>> w.null()
>>> w.record('First', 'Line')
>>> w.record(FIRST_FLD='First', SECOND_FLD='Line')
>>> assert w.records[0] == w.records[1]
>>> w.close()
### Adding Geometry
Geometry is added using one of several convenience methods. The "null" method is used
for null shapes, "point" is used for point shapes, "multipoint" is used for multipoint shapes, "line" for lines,
"poly" for polygons.
### File Names
**Adding a Null shape**
File extensions are optional when reading or writing shapefiles. If you specify
them PyShp ignores them anyway. When you save files you can specify a base
file name that is used for all three file types. Or you can specify a name for
one or more file types. In that case, any file types not assigned will not
save and only file types with file names will be saved. If you do not specify
any file names (i.e. save()), then a unique file name is generated with the
prefix "shapefile_" followed by random characters which is used for all three
files. The unique file name is returned as a string.
A shapefile may contain some records for which geometry is not available, and may be set using the "null" method.
Because Null shape types (shape type 0) have no geometry the "null" method is called without any arguments.
>>> targetName = w.save()
>>> assert("shapefile_" in targetName)
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/null')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
### Saving to File-Like Objects
>>> w.null()
>>> w.record('nullgeom')
Just as you can read shapefiles from python file-like objects you can also
write them.
>>> w.close()
**Adding a Point shape**
>>> try:
... from StringIO import StringIO
... except ImportError:
... from io import BytesIO as StringIO
>>> shp = StringIO()
>>> shx = StringIO()
>>> dbf = StringIO()
>>> w.saveShp(shp)
>>> w.saveShx(shx)
>>> w.saveDbf(dbf)
>>> # Normally you would call the "StringIO.getvalue()" method on these objects.
>>> shp = shx = dbf = None
Point shapes are added using the "point" method. A point is specified by an x and
y value.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/point')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
>>> w.point(122, 37)
>>> w.record('point1')
>>> w.close()
**Adding a MultiPoint shape**
If your point data allows for the possibility of multiple points per feature, use "multipoint" instead.
These are specified as a list of xy point coordinates.
## Editing Shapefiles
The Editor class attempts to make changing existing shapefiles easier by
handling the reading and writing details behind the scenes. This class is
experimental, has lots of issues, and should be avoided for production use. *You can do the same
thing by reading a shapefile into memory, making changes to the python objects,
and write out a new shapefile with the same or different name.*
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/multipoint')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
Let's add shapes to existing shapefiles:
>>> w.multipoint([[122,37], [124,32]])
>>> w.record('multipoint1')
Add a point to a point shapefile:
>>> w.close()
**Adding a LineString shape**
For LineString shapefiles, each line shape consists of multiple lines. Line shapes must be given as a list of lines,
even if there is just one line. Also, each line must have at least two points.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/line')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
>>> w.line([
... [[1,5],[5,5],[5,1],[3,3],[1,1]], # line 1
... [[3,2],[2,6]] # line 2
... ])
>>> w.record('linestring1')
>>> w.close()
**Adding a Polygon shape**
Similarly to LineString, Polygon shapes consist of multiple polygons, and must be given as a list of polygons.
The main difference being that polygons must have at least 4 points and the last point must be the same as the first.
It's also okay if you forget to do so, PyShp automatically checks and closes the polygons if you don't.
>>> e = shapefile.Editor(shapefile="shapefiles/test/point.shp")
>>> e.point(0,0,10,2)
>>> e.record("Appended","Point")
>>> e.save('shapefiles/test/point')
It's important to note that for Polygon shapefiles, your polygon coordinates must be ordered in a clockwise direction.
If any of the polygons have holes, then the hole polygon coordinates must be ordered in a counterclockwise direction.
The direction of your polygons determines how shapefile readers will distinguish between polygons outlines and holes.
Add a new line to a line shapefile:
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/polygon')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
>>> e = shapefile.Editor(shapefile="shapefiles/test/line.shp")
>>> e.line(parts=[[[10,5],[15,5],[15,1],[13,3],[11,1]]])
>>> e.record('Appended','Line')
>>> e.save('shapefiles/test/line')
>>> w.poly([
... [[122,37], [117,36], [115,32], [118,20], [113,24]], # poly 1
... [[15,2], [17,6], [22,7]], # hole 1
... [[122,37], [117,36], [115,32]] # poly 2
... ])
>>> w.record('polygon1')
Add a new polygon to a polygon shapefile:
>>> w.close()
**Adding from an existing Shape object**
>>> e = shapefile.Editor(shapefile="shapefiles/test/polygon.shp")
>>> e.poly(parts=[[[5.1,5],[9.9,5],[9.9,1],[7.5,3],[5.1,1]]])
>>> e.record("Appended","Polygon")
>>> e.save('shapefiles/test/polygon')
Finally, geometry can be added by passing an existing "Shape" object to the "shape" method.
You can also pass it any GeoJSON dictionary or _\_geo_interface\_\_ compatible object.
This can be particularly useful for copying from one file to another:
Remove the first point in each shapefile - for a point shapefile that is the
first shape and record":
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/polygon')
>>> e = shapefile.Editor(shapefile="shapefiles/test/point.shp")
>>> e.delete(0)
>>> e.save('shapefiles/test/point')
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/copy')
>>> w.fields = r.fields[1:] # skip first deletion field
Remove the last shape in the polygon shapefile:
>>> # adding existing Shape objects
>>> for shaperec in r.iterShapeRecords():
... w.record(*shaperec.record)
... w.shape(shaperec.shape)
>>> # or GeoJSON dicts
>>> for shaperec in r.iterShapeRecords():
... w.record(*shaperec.record)
... w.shape(shaperec.shape.__geo_interface__)
>>> w.close()
>>> e = shapefile.Editor(shapefile="shapefiles/test/polygon.shp")
>>> e.delete(-1)
>>> e.save('shapefiles/test/polygon')
### Geometry and Record Balancing
Because every shape must have a corresponding record it is critical that the
number of records equals the number of shapes to create a valid shapefile. To
help prevent accidental misalignment pyshp has an "auto balance" feature to
number of records equals the number of shapes to create a valid shapefile. You
must take care to add records and shapes in the same order so that the record
data lines up with the geometry data. For example:
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/balancing', shapeType=shapefile.POINT)
>>> w.field("field1", "C")
>>> w.field("field2", "C")
>>> w.record("row", "one")
>>> w.point(1, 1)
>>> w.record("row", "two")
>>> w.point(2, 2)
To help prevent accidental misalignment pyshp has an "auto balance" feature to
make sure when you add either a shape or a record the two sides of the
equation line up. This feature is NOT turned on by default. To activate it set
the attribute autoBalance to 1 (True):
equation line up. This way if you forget to update an entry the
shapefile will still be valid and handled correctly by most shapefile
software. Autobalancing is NOT turned on by default. To activate it set
the attribute autoBalance to 1 or True:
>>> w.autoBalance = 1
>>> w.record("row", "three")
>>> w.record("row", "four")
>>> w.point(4, 4)
>>> e.autoBalance = 1
>>> w.recNum == w.shpNum
True
You also have the option of manually calling the balance() method each time
you add a shape or a record to ensure the other side is up to date. When
balancing is used null shapes are created on the geometry side or a record
You also have the option of manually calling the balance() method at any time
to ensure the other side is up to date. When balancing is used
null shapes are created on the geometry side or records
with a value of "NULL" for each field is created on the attribute side.
This gives you flexibility in how you build the shapefile.
You can create all of the shapes and then create all of the records or vice versa.
The balancing option gives you flexibility in how you build the shapefile.
Without auto balancing you can add geometry or records at anytime. You can
create all of the shapes and then create all of the records or vice versa. You
can use the balance method after creating a shape or record each time and make
updates later. If you do not use the balance method and forget to manually
>>> w.autoBalance = 0
>>> w.record("row", "five")
>>> w.record("row", "six")
>>> w.record("row", "seven")
>>> w.point(5, 5)
>>> w.point(6, 6)
>>> w.balance()
>>> w.recNum == w.shpNum
True
If you do not use the autobalance or balance method and forget to manually
balance the geometry and attributes the shapefile will be viewed as corrupt by
most shapefile software.
With auto balancing you can add either shapes or geometry and update blank
entries on either side as needed. Even if you forget to update an entry the
shapefile will still be valid and handled correctly by most shapefile
software.
## Python \_\_geo_interface\_\_
The Python \_\_geo_interface\_\_ convention provides a data interchange interface
among geospatial Python libraries. The interface returns data as GeoJSON which gives you
nice compatibility with other libraries and tools including Shapely, Fiona, and PostGIS.
More information on the \_\_geo_interface\_\_ protocol can be found at:
[https://gist.github.com/sgillies/2217756](https://gist.github.com/sgillies/2217756).
More information on GeoJSON is available at [http://geojson.org](http://geojson.org).
# How To's
## 3D and Other Geometry Types
Most shapefiles store conventional 2D points, lines, or polygons. But the shapefile format is also capable of storing
various other types of geometries as well, including complex 3D surfaces and objects.
**Shapefiles with measurement (M) values**
Measured shape types are shapes that include a measurement value at each vertice, for instance speed measurements from a GPS device.
Shapes with measurement (M) values are added with following methods: "pointm", "multipointm", "linem", and "polygonm".
The M-values are specified by adding a third M value to each XY coordinate. Missing or unobserved M-values are specified with a None value,
or by simply omitting the third M-coordinate.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/linem')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
>>> w.linem([
... [[1,5,0],[5,5],[5,1,3],[3,3,None],[1,1,0]], # line with one omitted and one missing M-value
... [[3,2],[2,6]] # line without any M-values
... ])
>>> w.record('linem1')
>>> w.close()
Shapefiles containing M-values can be examined in several ways:
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/linem')
>>> r.mbox # the lower and upper bound of M values in the shapefile
[0.0, 3.0]
>>> r.shape(0).m # flat list of M values
[0.0, None, 3.0, None, 0.0, None, None]
**Shapefiles with elevation (Z) values**
Elevation shape types are shapes that include an elevation value at each vertice, for instance elevation from a GPS device.
Shapes with an elevation (Z) values are added with following methods: "pointz", "multipointz", "linez", and "polygonz".
The Z-values are specified by adding a third Z value to each XY coordinate. Z-values do not support the concept of missing data,
but if you omit the third Z-coordinate it will default to 0. Note that Z-type shapes also support measurement (M) values added
as a fourth M-coordinate. This too is optional.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/linez')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
>>> w.linez([
... [[1,5,18],[5,5,20],[5,1,22],[3,3],[1,1]], # line with some omitted Z-values
... [[3,2],[2,6]], # line without any Z-values
... [[3,2,15,0],[2,6,13,3],[1,9,14,2]] # line with both Z and M-values
... ])
>>> w.record('linez1')
>>> w.close()
To examine a Z-type shapefile you can do:
>>> r = shapefile.Reader('shapefiles/test/linez')
>>> r.zbox # the lower and upper bound of Z values in the shapefile
[0.0, 22.0]
>>> r.shape(0).z # flat list of Z values
[18.0, 20.0, 22.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 15.0, 13.0, 14.0]
**3D MultiPatch Shapefiles**
Multipatch shapes are useful for storing composite 3-Dimensional objects.
A MultiPatch shape represents a 3D object made up of one or more surface parts.
Each surface in "parts" is defined by a list of XYZM values (Z and M values optional), and its corresponding type
given in the "partTypes" argument. The part type decides how the coordinate sequence is to be interpreted, and can be one
of the following module constants: TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLE_FAN, OUTER_RING, INNER_RING, FIRST_RING, or RING.
For instance, a TRIANGLE_STRIP may be used to represent the walls of a building, combined with a TRIANGLE_FAN to represent
its roof:
>>> from shapefile import TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLE_FAN
>>> w = shapefile.Writer('shapefiles/test/multipatch')
>>> w.field('name', 'C')
>>> w.multipatch([
... [[0,0,0],[0,0,3],[5,0,0],[5,0,3],[5,5,0],[5,5,3],[0,5,0],[0,5,3],[0,0,0],[0,0,3]], # TRIANGLE_STRIP for house walls
... [[2.5,2.5,5],[0,0,3],[5,0,3],[5,5,3],[0,5,3],[0,0,3]], # TRIANGLE_FAN for pointed house roof
... ],
... partTypes=[TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLE_FAN]) # one type for each part
>>> w.record('house1')
>>> w.close()
For an introduction to the various multipatch part types and examples of how to create 3D MultiPatch objects see [this
ESRI White Paper](http://downloads.esri.com/support/whitepapers/ao_/J9749_MultiPatch_Geometry_Type.pdf).
## Working with Large Shapefiles
Despite being a lightweight library, PyShp is designed to be able to read and write
shapefiles of any size, allowing you to work with hundreds of thousands or even millions
of records and complex geometries.
When first creating the Reader class, the library only reads the header information
and leaves the rest of the file contents alone. Once you call the records() and shapes()
methods however, it will attempt to read the entire file into memory at once.
For very large files this can result in MemoryError. So when working with large files
it is recommended to use instead the iterShapes(), iterRecords(), or iterShapeRecords()
methods instead. These iterate through the file contents one at a time, enabling you to loop
through them while keeping memory usage at a minimum.
>>> for shape in sf.iterShapes():
... # do something here
... pass
>>> for rec in sf.iterRecords():
... # do something here
... pass
>>> for shapeRec in sf.iterShapeRecords():
... # do something here
... pass
>>> for shapeRec in sf: # same as iterShapeRecords()
... # do something here
... pass
The shapefile Writer class uses a similar streaming approach to keep memory
usage at a minimum. The library takes care of this under-the-hood by immediately
writing each geometry and record to disk the moment they
are added using shape() or record(). Once the writer is closed, exited, or garbage
collected, the final header information is calculated and written to the beginning of
the file.
This means that as long as you are able to iterate through a source file without having
to load everything into memory, such as a large CSV table or a large shapefile, you can
process and write any number of items, and even merging many different source files into a single
large shapefile. If you need to edit or undo any of your writing you would have to read the
file back in, one record at a time, make your changes, and write it back out.
## Unicode and Shapefile Encodings
PyShp has full support for unicode and shapefile encodings, so you can always expect to be working
with unicode strings in shapefiles that have text fields.
Most shapefiles are written in UTF-8 encoding, PyShp's default encoding, so in most cases you don't
have to specify the encoding. For reading shapefiles in any other encoding, such as Latin-1, just
supply the encoding option when creating the Reader class.
>>> r = shapefile.Reader("shapefiles/test/latin1.shp", encoding="latin1")
>>> r.record(0) == [2, u'Ñandú']
True
Once you have loaded the shapefile, you may choose to save it using another more supportive encoding such
as UTF-8. Provided the new encoding supports the characters you are trying to write, reading it back in
should give you the same unicode string you started with.
>>> w = shapefile.Writer("shapefiles/test/latin_as_utf8.shp", encoding="utf8")
>>> w.fields = r.fields[1:]
>>> w.record(*r.record(0))
>>> w.null()
>>> w.close()
>>> r = shapefile.Reader("shapefiles/test/latin_as_utf8.shp", encoding="utf8")
>>> r.record(0) == [2, u'Ñandú']
True
If you supply the wrong encoding and the string is unable to be decoded, PyShp will by default raise an
exception. If however, on rare occasion, you are unable to find the correct encoding and want to ignore
or replace encoding errors, you can specify the "encodingErrors" to be used by the decode method. This
applies to both reading and writing.
>>> r = shapefile.Reader("shapefiles/test/latin1.shp", encoding="ascii", encodingErrors="replace")
>>> r.record(0) == [2, u'�and�']
True
>>> s = sf.shape(0)
>>> s.__geo_interface__["type"]
'MultiPolygon'
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VERSION 1.2.12
2017-08-24 Karim Bahgat <karim.bahgat.norway@gmail.com>
* Fixed errors caused by strict value type checking, as introduced in v1.2.11. Now more lenient by attempting force conversion of values to match the field type.
* Allow reading file-like objects without seek method (such as ZipFile or urllib.urlopen).
VERSION 2.0.0
2018-09-01
(Note: Some contributor attributions may be missing.)
New Features:
* Full support for unicode text, with custom encoding, and exception handling.
- Means that the Reader returns unicode, and the Writer accepts unicode.
* PyShp has been simplified to a pure input-output library using the Reader and Writer classes, dropping the Editor class.
* Switched to a new streaming approach when writing files, keeping memory-usage at a minimum:
- Specify filepath/destination and text encoding when creating the Writer.
- The file is written incrementally with each call to shape/record.
- Adding shapes is now done using dedicated methods for each shapetype.
* Reading shapefiles is now more convenient:
- Shapefiles can be opened using the context manager, and files are properly closed.
- Shapefiles can be iterated, have a length, and supports the geo interface.
- New ways of inspecing shapefile metadata by printing. [@megies]
- More convenient accessing of Record values as attributes. [@philippkraft]
- More convenient shape type name checking. [@megies]
* Add more support and documentation for MultiPatch 3D shapes.
* The Reader "elevation" and "measure" attributes now renamed "zbox" and "mbox", to make it clear they refer to the min/max values.
* Better documentation of previously unclear aspects, such as field types.
Bug Fixes:
* More reliable/robust:
- Fixed shapefile bbox error for empty or point type shapefiles. [@mcuprjak]
- Reading and writing Z and M type shapes is now more robust, fixing many errors, and has been added to the documentation. [@ShinNoNoir]
- Improved parsing of field value types, fixed errors and made more flexible.
- Fixed bug when writing shapefiles with datefield and date values earlier than 1900 [@megies]
* Fix some geo interface errors, including checking polygon directions.
* Bug fixes for reading from case sensitive file names, individual files separately, and from file-like objects. [@gastoneb, @kb003308, @erickskb]
* Enforce maximum field limit. [@mwtoews]
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pyshp (2.0.0+ds-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* New upstream release.
* Bump Standards-Version to 4.2.1, no changes.
* Drop autopkgtests to test installability & module import.
* Add lintian override for testsuite-autopkgtest-missing.
-- Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@debian.org> Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:48:49 +0200
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version='1.2.12',
version='2.0.0',
description='Pure Python read/write support for ESRI Shapefile format',
long_description=open('README.md').read(),
author='Joel Lawhead',
author_email='jlawhead@geospatialpython.com',
url='https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp',
download_url='https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/archive/1.2.10.tar.gz',
download_url='https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/archive/2.0.0.tar.gz',
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