Python MemeoryError exception on larage shapefile about pyshp

[karimbahgat]

Pyshp shouldn't need 2GB of memory to load any shapefile @mawg. I saw from your SO post that you used the shapes() method which loads all 1.2GB of shapes into memory at once. There is another iterShapes() method which is much more memory friendly and should fix your problem. See my answer on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/a/39649506/2898490

[GeospatialPython]

I'll leave it so people can see how you solved it if they have the same issue. Could you post the answer affirmatively on GIS StackExchange too?

[mawg]

Pardon me for being dumb. Do you want me to post a question there and answer it? I already have one on S.O, at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39639579/memory-error-on-large-shapefile-in-python/39639735#39639735, but not on GIS StackExchange