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@cspanring
cspanring / pip-install-gdal.md
Last active April 10, 2025 18:08
Installing GDAL in a Python virtual environment

Installing GDAL in a Python virtual environment

Get gdal development libraries:

$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev

Create and activate a virtual environment:

@stefankeidel
stefankeidel / item_request.json
Created October 11, 2012 11:42
CollectiveAccess providence web service example request for new item
{
"intrinsic_fields" : {
"idno" : "TEST-123",
"type_id" : 43
},
"preferred_labels" : [
{
"locale" : "en_US",
"forename" : "Walter",
"middlename" : "H.",
@iros
iros / API.md
Created August 22, 2012 14:42
Documenting your REST API

Title

<Additional information about your API call. Try to use verbs that match both request type (fetching vs modifying) and plurality (one vs multiple).>

  • URL

    <The URL Structure (path only, no root url)>

  • Method:

@RobertSzkutak
RobertSzkutak / ircecho.py
Created October 30, 2011 21:15
Echo, a simple IRC bot written in Python 3
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# ircecho.py
# Copyright (C) 2011 : Robert L Szkutak II - http://robertszkutak.com
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
@katylava
katylava / copy-to-psql.py
Created December 8, 2010 17:42
script to load csv file into new postgres table
#!/usr/bin/env python
import re
from subprocess import call
def load_csv_psql(db, infile, table, tmpdir='/tmp'):
tmpfile = '%s/%s' % (tmpdir, infile)
call(['cp', infile, tmpfile])
columns = map(variablize, file(infile).readline().split(','))