Geo::Shapelib 0.20

Geo::Shapelib is a Perl extension for reading and writing shapefiles as defined by ESRI.

SYNOPSIS

use Geo::Shapelib qw/:all/;
or
use Geo::Shapelib qw/:all/;

my $shapefile = new Geo::Shapelib {
Name => stations,
Shapetype => POINT,
FieldNames => [Name,Code,Founded];
FieldTypes => [String:50,String:10,Integer:8];
};

while ( ) {
chomp;
my($station,$code,$founded,$x,$y) = split /|/;
push @{$shapefile->{Shapes}},{ Vertices => [[$x,$y,0,0]] };
push @{$shapefile->{ShapeRecords}}, [$station,$code,$founded];
}

$shapefile->save();

This is a library for reading, creating, and writing shapefiles as defined by ESRI(r) using Perl. The Perl code uses Frank Warmerdams Shapefile C Library (http://shapelib.maptools.org/). The library is included in this distribution.