wradlib.io.gdal.open_vector

wradlib.io.gdal.open_vector(filename, driver=None)

Open vector file, return gdal.Dataset and OGR.Layer

Warning

dataset and layer have to live in the same context, if dataset is deleted all layer references will get lost

Parameters:

• filename (string) – vector file name
• driver (string) – gdal driver string

Returns:

• dataset (gdal.Dataset) – dataset
• layer (ogr.Layer) – layer