GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile Namespace Reference

Get bounding box for ESRI Shapefile projected in WGS84 (EPSG:4326) More...

Variables
tuple	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Get bounding box from study area shapefile')
string	help = 'The directory to which metadata, intermediate, and final files should be saved'
tuple	args = parser.parse_args()
tuple	cmdline = GenericMetadata.getCommandLine()
tuple	context = Context(args.projectDir, None)
float	buffer = 0.01
tuple	manifest = GenericMetadata.readManifestEntries(context)
list	shapefileName = manifest['study_area_shapefile']
tuple	shapefilePath = os.path.join(context.projectDir, shapefileName)
tuple	bbox = getBoundingBoxForShapefile(shapefilePath, buffer=buffer)

Detailed Description

Get bounding box for ESRI Shapefile projected in WGS84 (EPSG:4326)

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Author

Brian Miles brian.nosp@m._mil.nosp@m.es@un.nosp@m.c.ed.nosp@m.u

Pre conditions:

1. The following metadata entry(ies) must be present in the manifest section of the metadata associated with the project directory: study_area_shapefile [the name of the of the study area shapefile]

Post conditions:

1. Will write the following entry(ies) to the study area section of metadata associated with the project directory: bbox_wgs84

Usage:

GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.py -p /path/to/project_dir

Variable Documentation

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.args = parser.parse_args()

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.bbox = getBoundingBoxForShapefile(shapefilePath, buffer=buffer)

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.buffer = 0.01

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.cmdline = GenericMetadata.getCommandLine()

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.context = Context(args.projectDir, None)

string GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.help = 'The directory to which metadata, intermediate, and final files should be saved'

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.manifest = GenericMetadata.readManifestEntries(context)

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Get bounding box from study area shapefile')

list GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.shapefileName = manifest['study_area_shapefile']

tuple GetBoundingboxFromStudyareaShapefile.shapefilePath = os.path.join(context.projectDir, shapefileName)