On Fri, 10 May 2024 at 09:06, Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) via QGIS-User < qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> Hi > > > > I have loads, literally thousands, of SHP, GPKG, TAB files located in > loads of different folders and sub-folders. > > > > Is there a plugin that will trawl through a set of folders, copy say just > the polygons from each file into a new file, and populate a field with say > the filename and folder the polygon(s) came from? > > > > Essentially combining a heap of files into one with some metadata about > where the data came from? > > > > Why? I have files from clients dating back about 20 years. Clients sell > properties. Properties get subdivided. New clients come and see us, and > often we don’t realise we have GIS info on file for that property from many > years ago, usually under a different name. It would be handy to see a > polygon on the screen and easily go back to some old GIS data. > > > > Maybe I am missing an easy tool to do this, but I can’t see anything > obvious. > You could use the "Merge Vector Layers" tool from the Processing toolbox, that does everything you want. The trickiest bit would be getting a master list of ALL your shapefiles/etc you want to combine and passing this to the tool. It's not going to be easy from the GUI itself, as that only allows you to add files from a single folder at once. I'd run the tool on the files from a single folder, then checkout the processing history dialog and copy the python command which corresponds to what you just did. You could then adapt this command to pass a complete list of all the files you want to combine. (It's quite straightforward in Python to build a list of files which recursively match a file pattern -- see eg https://stackoverflow.com/a/2186565 ) Hope that helps! Nyall > > > > > Cheers > > Tony > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Tony Shepherd* > > * GeoSpatial Manager @ FarmMaps NZ & Photographer @ Shepherd Photos* > > > > *Phone* *–* 027 435 6193 | *Website – *shepherdphotos.co.nz > > *Email** – Maps* t...@farmmaps.nz | *Email – Photos* > t...@shepherdphotos.co.nz > > *Facebook* TonyShepherdPhotos > <https://www.facebook.com/TonyShepherdPhotos> > > > > > > [image: FM_logo1_small (Custom)] > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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