Thanks for the guidance Roberto, however, this has to be done on Windows. Afaik, there is no Perl/MapScript on Windows (or is there? I can't figure out a definitive answer to this). Therefore, I can't
use mapscript; sad. On 7/26/06, Roberto Bianconi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/20/06, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/20/06, Steve Lime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Puneet: Why is speed such a big deal or will you be doing this often? > > I will be doing this a few times a year (so, often, although not > necessarily often enough), but this portion is only a part of a longer > process. So, I have to optimize each step as much as I can for overall > better rate of return. > > > > > Anyway, if it were me I'd just write a quick MapScript script using > > perl. Create a new shapefileObj, a new XBase table, open the file and > > start looping. The loop itself should have like 3 lines of code. The > > whole script should be about 15... > > Hi, suppose your csv file is made of these records: 12.500,41.890,790380 12.530,41.890,790480 ... In Perl you might go like this. Actually a bit more than 15 lines, but you can reduce it if you like :)) use mapscript;
-- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.ies.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation https://edu.osgeo.org/
