in2Trans.shpConversion.SHP2Array

SHP2Array(infile, defname=None)[source]

Read shapefile and convert it to a python dictionary

Dictionary contains the name of the paths in the shape file, the np array with the coordinates of the path points (all stacked in the same array) and information about the startin index and length of each path

Parameters

  • infile (str) – path to shape file

  • defname (str) – name to give to the feature in the shape file

Returns

SHPdata – SHPdata[‘Name’] : list of feature names SHPdata[‘Coord’] : np array of the coords of points in feature SHPdata[‘Start’] : list of starting index of each feature in Coord SHPdata[‘Length’] : list of length of each feature in Coord

Return type

dict