[Maya Python] Locator cloud position/rotation to particle

[Graham Houston]

Hello, I'm trying to find a way to convert a locator group (15k) to a particleShape, retaining both position and rotation.  End result goal is to instance geometry to the particle shape, which will be a single static frame.

So far I've found a great piece of script to pull position info, but not PP rotation:

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import maya.cmds as cmds  

pos = map(
     cmds.pointPosition,
     cmds.ls(type='locator')
     )
cmds.particle( p=pos ) # or nParticle