BLN-Converter

What is it?

A simple CLI utiliy tool for converting BLN files (a extension used on GIS software like Surfer) to ESRI shape or GeoJSON files.

Where to get it

The source code is currently hosted on GitHub at: https://github.com/ericmiguel/bln-converter

Binary installers for the latest released version are available at the Python Package Index (PyPI).

pip install bln-converter

How to use it

BLN converter offers a very simple CLI. Although under development, it is already functional.

Convert BLN to ESRI shape:

bln-converter bln2shp -p {bln_folder} -crs {CRS}

or use bln2geojson command to get a GeoJSON output.

bln-converter bln2geojson -p {bln_folder} -crs {CRS}

BLN converter will find and process all BLN files in a given folder. The resultant files will be output to the origin folder.

Other commands or instructions can be found using the help command

bln-converter --help

Dependencies

• Geopandas
• Click

License

MIT License

Contributing

Although BLN Converter is a simple and dirty utility script, all contributions are welcome.