Code to create PLSS geocodes

gistfile1.txt

def plss_creator():
    i = 0
    f = open('/Users/tuco/plss_geocodes.csv', 'w')
    for line in open('/Users/tuco/plss_for_geomancer.csv').read().split('\n'):
        values = line.split(',')
        if values[0] != 'feature_id' and len(values)>1:
            # feature_id,name,lat,lon,uncertainty,w,s,e,n
            geocode = {
               "results" : [
                  {
                     "address_components" : [
                        {
                           "long_name" : values[1],
                           "short_name" : values[1],
                           "types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
                        },
                        {
                           "long_name" : "United States",
                           "short_name" : "US",
                           "types" : [ "country", "political" ]
                        }
                     ],
                     "formatted_address" : "%s, USA" % values[1],
                     "geometry" : {
                        "bounds" : {
                           "northeast" : {
                              "lat" : float(values[8].strip()),
                              "lng" : float(values[7])
                           },
                           "southwest" : {
                              "lat" : float(values[6]),
                              "lng" : float(values[5])
                           }
                        },
                        "location" : {
                           "lat" : float(values[2]),
                           "lng" : float(values[3])
                        },
                        "location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
                        "viewport" : {
                           "northeast" : {
                              "lat" : float(values[8]),
                              "lng" : float(values[7])
                           },
                           "southwest" : {
                              "lat" : float(values[6]),
                              "lng" : float(values[5])
                           }
                        }
                     },
                     "types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
                  }
               ],
               "status" : "OK"
            }
            writeline = '%s,%s\n' % (values[1].lower(), json.dumps(geocode))
            f.write(writeline)
    f.flush()
    f.close()
    pass