Gdal-python Library Read and write ESRI shape format

Gdal Library is divided into ogr simple element library and geospatial data Abstraction Library. The former is responsible for reading and writing vector data, the latter is responsible for processing raster data. installation

Download the Gdal library, which corresponds to the Python version and operating system, to install. After completing in the Python commond input: Import from OSGeo import Gdal, if not an error, just install correctly. support Format shapefiles, personal geodatabases, ArcSDE MapInfo, GRASS, MicroStation tiger/line, Sdts, GM KML MySQL, POSTG Resql, Oracle Spatial, Informix,odbc Read-Write step Import module Register driver open datasource get layer get feature. . Destroy feature destroy Layer destroy DataSource

From OSGeo import ogr driver = ogr. Getdriverbyname ("ESRI Shapefile") ds = Self.driver.CreateDataSource ("name.shp") layer = ds. Getlayer (0) f = layer. Getfeature (0) #and so on #destroy object