""" The goal of this module is to be a ctypes wrapper around the GEOS library that will work on both *NIX and Windows systems. Specifically, this uses the GEOS C api. I have several motivations for doing this: (1) The GEOS SWIG wrapper is no longer maintained, and requires the installation of SWIG. (2) The PCL implementation is over 2K+ lines of C and would make PCL a requisite package for the GeoDjango application stack. (3) Windows and Mac compatibility becomes substantially easier, and does not require the additional compilation of PCL or GEOS and SWIG -- all that is needed is a Win32 or Mac compiled GEOS C library (dll or dylib) in a location that Python can read (e.g. 'C:\Python25'). In summary, I wanted to wrap GEOS in a more maintainable and portable way using only Python and the excellent ctypes library (now standard in Python 2.5). In the spirit of loose coupling, this library does not require Django or GeoDjango. Only the GEOS C library and ctypes are needed for the platform of your choice. For more information about GEOS: http://geos.refractions.net For more info about PCL and the discontinuation of the Python GEOS library see Sean Gillies' writeup (and subsequent update) at: http://zcologia.com/news/150/geometries-for-python/ http://zcologia.com/news/429/geometries-for-python-update/ """ from django.contrib.gis.geos.base import GEOSGeometry, wkt_regex, hex_regex from django.contrib.gis.geos.geometries import Point, LineString, LinearRing, Polygon, HAS_NUMPY from django.contrib.gis.geos.collections import GeometryCollection, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, MultiPolygon from django.contrib.gis.geos.error import GEOSException, GEOSIndexError from django.contrib.gis.geos.libgeos import geos_version, geos_version_info def fromfile(file_name): """ Given a string file name, returns a GEOSGeometry. The file may contain WKB, WKT, or HEX. """ fh = open(file_name, 'rb') buf = fh.read() fh.close() if wkt_regex.match(buf) or hex_regex.match(buf): return GEOSGeometry(buf) else: return GEOSGeometry(buffer(buf)) def fromstr(wkt_or_hex, **kwargs): "Given a string value (wkt or hex), returns a GEOSGeometry object." return GEOSGeometry(wkt_or_hex, **kwargs) def hex_to_wkt(hex): "Converts HEXEWKB into WKT." return GEOSGeometry(hex).wkt def wkt_to_hex(wkt): "Converts WKT into HEXEWKB." return GEOSGeometry(wkt).hex def centroid(input): "Returns the centroid of the geometry (given in HEXEWKB)." return GEOSGeometry(input).centroid.wkt def area(input): "Returns the area of the geometry (given in HEXEWKB)." return GEOSGeometry(input).area