ShpToZip

The utility script ShpToZip.py automates the task of converting ArcGIS .shp files to .zip archives.

The script was developed for Geospatial Data Analysis: UBC course external link

Table of Contents

• Software framework
• Version control
• Executing
• Contributors
• Licence
• References

Software framework

Required software (version used during development)

• Python (v. 2.7) - Python Programming Language (external link)

Optional software (version used during development)

• Git (v. 2.14.2) - Version history (external link)

Version control

Version (date): 01.02 (15 OCT 2017)

Versionining was performed with Git. To review version history, the folder 17ubcCgem530_Lab04_Repo can be opened in Git as a repository.

Executing

To execute as a module, copy ShpToZip.py (along with associated files ShpToZip_README.md and ShpToZip_LICENCE.md) to the folder containing the calling script. The module can be called with the following parameters:

# Import module
import ShpToZip

# Location of the folder that contains the output .shp files
dirOut = "C:\\folderName"

# Execute module
ShpToZip.ShpToZipInDir(dirOut)

Contributors

deepVector - Author

Code elements adapted from:

• mafic9 et al. (2015)
• Esri (2017)
• Greer (2017)

Licence

This script is licensed under the terms of the MIT Licence (see LICENSE.md).

References

Esri, 2017, Zip (compress) Python script, online: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/h-zip-python-script.htm [accessed 14 October 2017].

Greer, B., 2017, Zip all shapefiles in directory individually, online: http://www.bgcarto.com/zip-all-shapefiles-in-directory-individually/[accessed 14 October 2017].

mafic9, Hornbydd, lpugh01, oogalabs1, johnswood, hzhu, and yooperjb, 2015, Zipping multiple shapefiles to multiple zip folders, online: https://community.esri.com/thread/28985 [accessed 14 October 2017].