David Trethewey wrote:
> http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cukernow/par1851.shp
>
> It's a map of the historic parishes of England and Wales if you're
> curious.
>
> David
>
David: You also need the corresponding .shx and .dbf files to open it -
perhaps that is the problem?
-Jeff
> Jeff Whitaker wrote:
>> David Trethewey wrote:
>>> I've had problems trying to read shapefiles using the matplotlib
>>> basemap toolkit
>>>
>>> I can import the shapelib module without error but when I try to
>>> read a shapefile this happens:
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "C:\Documents and
>>> Settings\David\Desktop\cornwall\try_4828.py", line 44, in <module>
>>> read_4828()
>>> File "C:\Documents and
>>> Settings\David\Desktop\cornwall\try_4828.py", line 7, in read_4828
>>> shp=shapelib.ShapeFile('4828/4828/package/shp/par1851.shp')
>>> File
>>> "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\basemap-0.99.1.0001-py2.5-win32.egg\shapelib\shapelib.py",
>>>
>>> line 44, in __init__
>>> self.this = apply(shapelibc.new_ShapeFile,args)
>>> IOError: new_ShapeFile failed
>>>
>>> Anyone know why this might be?
>>>
>>> I'm using basemap 0.99.1 on Windows XP
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> David Can you post your shapefile somewhere so I can try it here?
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>
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