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Convert shapefile to GeoJSON with ogr and Python
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shp2geojson.py
import json
import ogr
driver = ogr.GetDriverByName('ESRI Shapefile')
shp_path = r'C:\GIS\Temp\Counties.shp'
data_source = driver.Open(shp_path, 0)
fc = {
'type': 'FeatureCollection',
'features': []
}
lyr = data_source.GetLayer(0)
for feature in lyr:
fc['features'].append(feature.ExportToJson(as_object=True))
with open('counties.json', 'wb') as f:
json.dump(fc, f)
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