Thank you all! The tip that you can specify a folder (not only individual files) in the ogr2ogr command was the breakthrough. That helps a lot, and will make other tasks like this a breeze, now that I know this. :)
-happy mapping, Koos On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:16 AM, David J. Bakeman <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > I do this a lot. If both the input and the output arguments to ogr2ogr > are directories then it will clip all of the shapes in the source directory > and write them to the output directory. In my case I let it create the > output directory but it mi9ght work to write to an existing directory. I > use linux by the way so I don't know if it works this way on Windows or Mac. > > So: ogr2ogr -clipsrc mask.shp output source > > Shapefiles are the default so you don't even need the -f "ESRI Shapefile". > > Koos Hagg wrote: > > Hi All, > have been searching around for the answer to this question, and found an > old thread on this list. > > I have a folder which contains about 30 shapefiles, old (but still useful) > vmap0 data, but it is 500mb in size. I'd like to clip each shapefile to > just the region I need. > I understand about ogr2ogr, and I could do it one by one, > > but I would like to figure out how to write a batch file to do it all at > once. However- I have been trying this and that for a while, not making any > progress. > > any help is appreciated! > > > Koos > > > > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:59:44 +0200 > From: Zirneklitis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Clipping 60 shape layers > To: [email protected] > > Use ogr2ogr: > > ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -clipsrc mask.shp output.shp input.shp > > Karlis > > Bis Nulama wrote: > > .. > > I have 60 shape layers and I would like to cut them on a poligon shape > > (region boundary). > > Is there a way to do this selecting all the 60 layers at once (and not > > repeating the clip command 60 times)? > > .. > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing > [email protected]http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > >
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