====== Python Shapefile to CSV converter ======

This script exports the data content (tabular data) of a shapefile and the bounding box of every object to csv format

<code python>
"""
Shapefile export
"""
import shapelib, dbflib, string

SHAPEFILE="shpname"

shp = shapelib.ShapeFile(SHAPEFILE)
dbf = dbflib.DBFFile(SHAPEFILE)

sCount = shp.info()[0]
dCount = dbf.record_count()

if sCount <> dCount:
	raise "Error: shape  number %s (%d) differs from  dbf records (%d) " %(SHAPEFILE,sCount,dCount)


#print l'header!
header = dbf.read_record(0)
#print header.keys()
intestazione = string.join(header.keys(),"|")
intestazione += "|XMIN|YMIN|XMAX|YMAX"

print intestazione

#read the dbf file 
for i in range (dbf.record_count() ):
	rc = dbf.read_record(i)
	sc = shp.read_object(i)
	row = ""
	for value in rc.values():
		row += "%s|" %(value)
	#print the  extent/envelope
	(min,max) = sc.extents()
	xmin = min[0]
	ymin = min[1]
	xmax = max[0]
	ymax = max[1]
	
	row += "%f|%f|%f|%f" %(xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax)
	print row
	#print "\n"


</code>