/// <summary>
/// Opens ESRI shapefile datasource, reads it into memory breaks any connection with the source.
/// </summary>
public static FeatureSet OpenAsInMemoryDatasource(string filename)
{
var sf = new Shapefile();
sf.CreateNew(string.Empty, ShpfileType.SHP_POLYGON);
// reading projection
string prjFilename = PathHelper.GetFullPathWithoutExtension(filename) + ".prj";
if (File.Exists(prjFilename))
{
sf.GeoProjection.ReadFromFile(prjFilename);
}
return(sf.LoadDataFrom(filename) ? new FeatureSet(sf) : null);
}
public bool LoadDataFrom(string shapefileName)
{
return(_shapefile.LoadDataFrom(shapefileName));
}