iwfm.gis.shp_get_writer

iwfm.gis.shp_get_writer(outfile, type)

Get a writer for a shapefile of the same type as the input shapefile.

Parameters:

• outfile (str) – ouput shapefile name

• type (str) – shapefile type

Returns:

w – The caller MUST call w.close() (or use it as a context manager) for the shapefile to be flushed to disk.

Return type:

shapefile.Writer