Plot Shapefile with Matplotlib – How to Plot Shapefile with Matplotlib

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I am trying to read a shapefile and plot it using matplotlib. Here is the code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import shapefile   

shpFilePath = "D:\test.shp"  
listx=[]
listy=[]
test = shapefile.Reader(shpFilePath)
for sr in test.shapeRecords():
    for xNew,yNew in sr.shape.points:
        listx.append(xNew)
        listy.append(yNew)
plt.plot(listx,listy)
plt.show()

However, i get lines connecting my polygons. How can I draw the polygons such that they are the way in the shapefile. Here are screenshots of the plot and the shapefile when it is opened with ArcGIS.Generated By Code Actual File

Best Answer

For future references, here is the solution I have came to after following the advices above.

import shapefile as shp  # Requires the pyshp package
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

sf = shp.Reader("test.shp")

plt.figure()
for shape in sf.shapeRecords():
    x = [i[0] for i in shape.shape.points[:]]
    y = [i[1] for i in shape.shape.points[:]]
    plt.plot(x,y)
plt.show()

The resulting figure will be very colorful, but then, you just need to adjust the plot keywords.

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