Well shut off the generation of that index file; that will save you some time. Best of luck, Jody
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Craig KOST<[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Jody, > > At the moment I am just generating shapefiles that can be used to test the > performance of a preexisting system. The requirements state I only need the > files I mentioned in the original email. I was hoping that I could limit the > production of files to exactly what I required (hoping for a little > performance gain) since I will be generating 200,000+ and the extraneous > files will pile up quickly. It isn't too much of a bother for me to take care > of these files upon generation. I guess that's what I will do ;) > > Thanks again for your quick reply, > Craig Kost > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jody Garnett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 5:44 PM > To: Craig KOST > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] Writing shapefiles (hinder generation of > .fix, .prj and .qix files) > > I stand corrected. > > This page (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/Shapefile+Plugin) > documents a key you can use to disable the creation of the spatial index. So > that is one file you can opt out of - the others are useful information that > is not duplicated anywhere else. I know many organizations have a default > projection that they just assume for all their data - are you in a similar > situation? > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Jody Garnett<[email protected]> wrote: >> This is the first time this request has been made (so no there is not >> a facility for this). I cannot remember what "fix" is for; but the >> "prj" file is needed by any software that is going to use your >> shapefile; the "qix" file is a spatial index which can be generated >> from your "shp" file again if needed - it really makes the difference >> between having spatial file (and having just a flat file) in terms of >> performance. >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Craig KOST<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a question regarding the creation of Shapefile(s) using the >>> ShapefileDataStore. So far I have successfully created the shape >>> files I am interested in creating; however, there seems to be more >>> file types generated than what are actually needed. >>> >>> What I need: >>> <rootname>.shp >>> <rootname>.shx >>> <rootname>.dbf >>> >>> What I don't need: >>> <rootname>.fix >>> <rootname>.prj >>> <rootname>.qix >>> >>> I guess my question is... is there anyway to indicate which file >>> types to output on generation? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Craig >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal >>> Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration >>> and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application >>> coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Geotools-gt2-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users >>> >>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
