new_contents: #project the GFW and IFL layers to rasters
  import os
  
  import gdal
  
  from invest_natcap import raster_utils
  
  layer_list = [
      "C:/Users/rich/Documents/Dropbox/average_layers_projected/GFW_logging_20130223_proj.shp",
      "C:/Users/rich/Documents/Dropbox/average_layers_projected/GFW_oilpalm_20130223_proj.shp",
      "C:/Users/rich/Documents/Dropbox/average_layers_projected/GFW_woodfiber_20130402_proj.shp",
      "C:/Users/rich/Documents/Dropbox/average_layers_projected/ifl2000_last_proj.shp"
  ]
  
  base_uri = "C:/Users/rich/Documents/Dropbox/average_layers_projected/giant_layer.tif"
  
  for layer_uri in layer_list:
  
      basename = os.path.basename(layer_uri)
      dirname = os.path.dirname(layer_uri)
      output_uri = os.path.join(dirname, os.path.splitext(basename)[0] + '.tif')
      print layer_uri, output_uri
      raster_utils.new_raster_from_base_uri(base_uri, output_uri, 'GTiff', 255,
          gdal.GDT_Byte)
      raster_utils.rasterize_layer_uri(
          output_uri, layer_uri, burn_values=[1])
  
subject: add GFW and IFL layers