Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of PerlMapScriptExamples35ex5

Timestamp:

01/29/09 06:42:19 (4 years ago)

Author:

jmckenna

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PerlMapScriptExamples35ex5

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+= shpinfo.pl =
+The boundary.tar.gz is not available because I can't upload it. It is not required for the script to work, only to run the example. -sw http://www.highwayengineer.co.medina.oh.us/boundary.tar.gz
+{{{
+#!perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Given a shapefile name this routine will dump out the attribute information.
+# 
+# Required modules are mapscript (installed as part of make install) 
+#    & Getopt (normally included with Perl).
+#   Note: It does not require XBase. In 3.5 there is a DBFInfo object
+#         available which makes READING basic dbf information much easier IMHO.
+#   Please download boundary.tar.gz also, and:
+#     tar -xf boundary.tar.gz --ungzip
+#
+# Suggested run line = ./shpinfo.pl -file=boundary
+use XBase;
+use mapscript;
+use Getopt::Long;
+#
+# Declare a hash for easy access to shape types & file types.
+%shptypes = ( '1' => 'point',
+           '3' => 'arc',
+           '5' => 'polygon',
+           '8' => 'multipoint'
+         );
+%typetypes = ( '0' => 'String',
+            '1' => 'Integer',
+            '2' => 'Double',
+            '3' => 'Invalid'
+          );
+#
+# Grab the filename from the input.
+&GetOptions("file=s", \$file);
+#
+# Check the input filename.
+if(!$file) {
+  print "Syntax: shpinfo.pl -file=[filename]\n";
+  exit 0;
+}
+#
+# Open the shapefile.
+$shapefile = new mapscript::shapefileObj($file, -1) or die "Unable to open shapefile $file.";
+#
+# Print the shapefile name, type, number of features, & bounds.
+print "Shapefile $file:\n\n";
+print "\ttype: ". $shptypes{$shapefile->{type}} ."\n";
+print "\tnumber of features: ". $shapefile->{numshapes} ."\n";
+printf "\tbounds: (%f,%f) (%f,%f)\n", $shapefile->{bounds}->{minx}, $shapefile->{bounds}->{miny}, $shapefile->{bounds}->{maxx}, $shapefile->{bounds}->{maxy};
+#
+# Create the XBase object.
+$table = new XBase $file.'.dbf' or die XBase->errstr;
+#
+# Print the dbf file name & number of records..
+print "\nDBFInfo table $file.dbf:\n\n";
+print "\tnumber of records: ". ($table->last_record+1) ."\n";
+#
+# Print the header for the field dump.
+print "\tnumber of fields: ". ($table->last_field+1) ."\n\n";
+print "\tName             Type    Length Decimals\n";
+print "\t---------------- ------- ------ --------\n";
+#
+# Loop through each field.
+for ($table->field_names) {
+  #
+  # Print the field name, type, width, & # of decimal places.
+  printf "\t%-16s %-7s %6d %8d\n", $_, $table->field_type($_), $table->field_length($_); $table->field_decimal($_)
+}
+#
+# Close the dbf file.
+undef $table;
+}}}
+----
+back to PerlMapScript