Adding cli tool to parse between formats

gisUtils.py

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+import argparse
+import gis_utils.out_parsers as op
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert between Shapefiles, GeoJSON, and TopoJSON through wrappers and pure-python implementations of GIS format converters")
+
+## Add the list of arguments
+parser.add_argument('-is', '--in_shapefile', help="Shapefile format for input file.", type=str)
+parser.add_argument('-ig', '--in_geojson', help="GeoJSON format for input file.", type=str)
+parser.add_argument('-it', '--in_topojson', help="TopoJSON format for input file.", type=str)
+parser.add_argument('-os', '--out_shapefile', help="Shapefile format for output file.", type=str)
+parser.add_argument('-og', '--out_geojson', help="GeoJSON format for output file.", type=str)
+parser.add_argument('-ot', '--out_topojson', help="TopoJSON format for output file.", type=str)
+
+## Parse the input arguments 
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+dict_args = vars(args)
+
+## Organizing arguments
+in_shapefile = args.in_shapefile
+in_geojson = args.in_geojson
+in_topojson = args.in_topojson
+out_shapefile = args.out_shapefile
+out_geojson = args.out_geojson
+out_topojson = args.out_topojson
+
+# The input files are the ones that make
+# the conversion available
+if in_shapefile != None:
+    if out_geojson != None:
+        op.shp_to_geojson(in_shapefile, out_geojson)
+
+    if out_topojson != None:
+        op.shp_to_topojson(in_shapefile, out_topojson)
+
+if in_geojson != None:
+    if out_shapefile != None:
+        op.geojson_to_shp(in_geojson, out_shapefile)
+
+    if out_topojson != None:
+        op.geojson_to_topojson(in_geojson, out_topojson)
+
+if in_topojson != None:
+    if out_shapefile != None:
+        op.topojson_to_geojson(in_topojson, out_geojson)
+
+    if out_geojson != None:
+        op.topojson_to_geojson(in_topojson, out_geojson)