using python mapscript to create a shapefile and dbf
i always have trouble remembering how to use mapscript. it's pretty simple, but the docs are hard to find and the test cases (though excellent!) have a lot of abstraction. heres some code that creates a shapefile and dbf (using another module). and does a quick projection at the start. import mapscript as M import random from dbfpy import dbf ######################################### # do some projection ######################################### p = 'POINT(466666 466000)' shape = M.shapeObj.fromWKT(p) projInObj = M.projectionObj("init=epsg:32619") projOutObj = M.projectionObj("init=epsg:4326") shape.project(projInObj, projOutObj) print shape.toWKT() ######################################### # create a shapefile from scractch ######################################### ms_dbf = dbf.Dbf("/tmp/t.dbf", new=True) ms_dbf.addField(('some_field', "C", 10)) ms_shapefile = M.shapefileObj('/tmp/t.shp', M.MS_SHAPEFILE_POLYGON) for