Module datasource
DataSource is a wrapper for the OGR Data Source object, which provides an interface for reading vector geometry data from many different file formats (including ESRI shapefiles).
When instantiating a DataSource object, use the filename of a
GDAL-supported data source. For example, a SHP file or a
TIGER/Line file from the government.
The ds_driver keyword is used internally when a ctypes pointer
is passed in directly.
Example:
ds = DataSource('/home/foo/bar.shp')
for layer in ds:
for feature in layer:
# Getting the geometry for the feature.
g = feature.geom
# Getting the 'description' field for the feature.
desc = feature['description']
# We can also increment through all of the fields
# attached to this feature.
for field in feature:
# Get the name of the field (e.g. 'description')
nm = field.name
# Get the type (integer) of the field, e.g. 0 => OFTInteger
t = field.type
# Returns the value the field; OFTIntegers return ints,
# OFTReal returns floats, all else returns string.
val = field.valuesource linkClasses