write_shp¶
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write_shp
(G, outdir)[source]¶ Writes a networkx.DiGraph to two shapefiles, edges and nodes. Nodes and edges are expected to have a Well Known Binary (Wkb) or Well Known Text (Wkt) key in order to generate geometries. Also acceptable are nodes with a numeric tuple key (x,y).
“The Esri Shapefile or simply a shapefile is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software [1].”
Parameters: outdir (directory path) – Output directory for the two shapefiles. Returns: Return type: None Examples
nx.write_shp(digraph, ‘/shapefiles’) # doctest +SKIP
References
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile