Read Vector Data into Python

Using OGR's Python Bindings

#!/usr/bin/env python
import ogr

def read_vector(filepath):
    datasource = ogr.Open(filepath)
    layer = ds.GetLayerByIndex(0)
    feature = layer.GetFeature(0)
    return datasource

ds = read_vector('path/to/file.shp')

Using Fiona

$ pip install fiona
$ fio insp path/to/file.shp

>>> import pprint as pp
>>> pp.pprint(src[layer_id])

Using Geopandas

$ pip install geopandas

#!/usr/bin/env/ python
import geopandas as gp

df = gp.read_file('path/to/file.shp')
df.geometry[0]