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Geo::Shapelib is a Perl extension for reading and writing shapefiles as defined by ESRI. SYNOPSIS use Geo::Shapelib qw/:all

License: Perl Artistic License
File size: 262K
Developer: Ari Jolma
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Geo::Shapelib is a Perl extension for reading and writing shapefiles as defined by ESRI.

SYNOPSIS

use Geo::Shapelib qw/:all/;
or
use Geo::Shapelib qw/:all/;

my $shapefile = new Geo::Shapelib {
Name => 'stations',
Shapetype => POINT,
FieldNames => ['Name','Code','Founded'];
FieldTypes => ['String:50','String:10','Integer:8'];
};

while () {
chomp;
my($station,$code,$founded,$x,$y) = split /|/;
push @{$shapefile->{Shapes}},{ Vertices => [[$x,$y,0,0]] };
push @{$shapefile->{ShapeRecords}}, [$station,$code,$founded];
}

$shapefile->save();

This is a library for reading, creating, and writing shapefiles as defined by ESRI(r) using Perl. The Perl code uses Frank Warmerdam's Shapefile C Library (http://shapelib.maptools.org/). The library is included in this distribution.

Requirements:
Perl

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