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The Python Shapefile Library (PyShp) provides read and write support for
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the Esri Shapefile format. The Shapefile format is a popular Geographic
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Information System vector data format created by Esri. For more
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information about this format please read the well-written "ESRI
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Shapefile Technical Description - July 1998" located at
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http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/p dfs/shapefile.pdf . The Esri
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document describes the shp and shx file formats. However a third file
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format called dbf is also required. This format is documented on the web
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as the "XBase File Format Description" and is a simple file-based
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database format created in the 1960's.
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Both the Esri and XBase file-formats are very simple in design and
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memory efficient which is part of the reason the shapefile format
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remains popular despite the numerous ways to store and exchange GIS data
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available today.
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Pyshp is compatible with Python 2.7-3.x, however this script only build
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the python3 version.
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