Roadmap

The current version is 0.1.0-dev. Here’s the roadmap for getting to version 1.0.0.

Version 0.1.0

  • Read two-dimensional points, poly lines and polygons from shapefiles
  • Publish package on PyPI

Version 0.2.0

  • Read from ZIP files directly
  • High-level interface for reading shapes and records
  • Installation and quick start documentation

Version 0.3.0

  • Support shape indexes (.shx files)
  • Include projection metadata from .prj files
  • Automatically select dBase III character-encoding from .cpg files

Version 0.4.0

  • Convert shapefiles to GeoJSON
  • Command-line interface for converting shapefiles to GeoJSON
  • Documentation on the command-line interface
  • Integrate with Shapely

Version 0.5.0

  • Support multi points
  • Support three-dimensional points, poly lines, polygons, and multi points

Version 0.6.0

  • Support measures on points, poly lines, polygons, and multi points

Version 1.0.0

  • Support surface patches (MultiPatch)