SAGA 9.13.0 | Tool Documentation

Export Shapes

Author(s) O.Conrad (c) 2008, J.Spitzmüller (c) 2026
Library IDio_gdal
Tool ID 4
Version 1.0
Menu File | Shapes

Description

The "OGR Vector Data Export" tool exports vector data to various file formats using the "Geospatial Data Abstraction Library" (GDAL) by Frank Warmerdam. GDAL Version:3.12.4 Following vector formats are currently supported:

NameIDExtension
(Geo)Arrow IPC File Format / StreamArrowarrow
(Geo)ParquetParquetparquet
AmigoCloudAmigoCloud
AutoCAD DXFDXFdxf
Bathymetry Attributed GridBAGbag
CartoCarto
Comma Separated Value (.csv)CSVcsv
ESRI FileGeodatabase (using OpenFileGDB)OpenFileGDBgdb
ESRI ShapefileESRI Shapefileshp
Elastic SearchElasticsearch
FlatGeobufFlatGeobuffgb
Flexible Image Transport SystemFITSfits
GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt)OGR_GMTgmt
GPSBabelGPSBabelmps
GPXGPXgpx
GeoJSONGeoJSONjson
GeoJSON SequenceGeoJSONSeqgeojsonl
GeoPackageGPKGgpkg
GeoRSSGeoRSS
Geography Markup Language (GML)GMLgml
Geospatial PDFPDFpdf
IHO S-57 (ENC)S57000
In Memory raster, vector and multidimensional rasterMEM
Keyhole Markup Language (KML)KMLkml
Keyhole Markup Language (LIBKML)LIBKMLkml
MBTilesMBTilesmbtiles
MIPL VICAR fileVICAR
MS Office Open XML spreadsheetXLSXxlsx
MapInfo FileMapInfo Filetab
MapMLMapML
Mapbox Vector TilesMVTmvt
Microsoft SQL Server Spatial DatabaseMSSQLSpatial
Microstation DGNDGNdgn
MiraMon Vectors (.pol, .arc, .pnt)MiraMonVectorpol
NASA Planetary Data System 4PDS4xml
Network Common Data FormatnetCDFnc
NextGIS WebNGW
OGC Features and Geometries JSONJSONFGjson
Open Document/ LibreOffice / OpenOffice SpreadsheetODSods
OpenJUMP JMLJMLjml
PCIDSK Database FilePCIDSKpix
PostgreSQL SQL dumpPGDUMPsql
PostgreSQL/PostGISPostgreSQL
ProtoMap TilesPMTilespmtiles
SQLite / SpatialiteSQLitesqlite
SelafinSelafin
TileDBTileDB
VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data FormatVDVtxt
WAsP .map formatWAsPmap

References

GDAL/OGR contributors (2019): GDAL/OGR Geospatial Data Abstraction software Library. A translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Link

Parameters

 NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
InputShapesshapes, inputSHAPES--
OptionsFilefile pathFILE--
FormatchoiceFORMAT-Available Choices: [0] (Geo)Arrow IPC File Format / Stream [1] (Geo)Parquet [2] AmigoCloud [3] AutoCAD DXF [4] Bathymetry Attributed Grid [5] Carto [6] Comma Separated Value (.csv) [7] ESRI FileGeodatabase (using OpenFileGDB) [8] ESRI Shapefile [9] Elastic Search [10] FlatGeobuf [11] Flexible Image Transport System [12] GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt) [13] GPSBabel [14] GPX [15] GeoJSON [16] GeoJSON Sequence [17] GeoPackage [18] GeoRSS [19] Geography Markup Language (GML) [20] Geospatial PDF [21] IHO S-57 (ENC) [22] In Memory raster, vector and multidimensional raster [23] Keyhole Markup Language (KML) [24] Keyhole Markup Language (LIBKML) [25] MBTiles [26] MIPL VICAR file [27] MS Office Open XML spreadsheet [28] MapInfo File [29] MapML [30] Mapbox Vector Tiles [31] Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Database [32] Microstation DGN [33] MiraMon Vectors (.pol, .arc, .pnt) [34] NASA Planetary Data System 4 [35] Network Common Data Format [36] NextGIS Web [37] OGC Features and Geometries JSON [38] Open Document/ LibreOffice / OpenOffice Spreadsheet [39] OpenJUMP JML [40] PCIDSK Database File [41] PostgreSQL SQL dump [42] PostgreSQL/PostGIS [43] ProtoMap Tiles [44] SQLite / Spatialite [45] Selafin [46] TileDB [47] VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data Format [48] WAsP .map format Default: 0
Creation OptionstextOPTIONSA space separated list of key-value pairs (K=V).-
Layer Creation OptionstextLAYER_OPTIONSA space separated list of key-value pairs (K=V).-

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd io_gdal 4 [-SHAPES ] [-FILE ] [-FORMAT ] [-OPTIONS ] [-LAYER_OPTIONS ]
  -SHAPES:          Shapes
	shapes, input
  -FILE:            File
	file path
  -FORMAT:
                         Format
                         	choice
                         	Available Choices:
                         	[0] (Geo)Arrow IPC File Format / Stream
                         	[1] (Geo)Parquet
                         	[2] AmigoCloud
                         	[3] AutoCAD DXF
                         	[4] Bathymetry Attributed Grid
                         	[5] Carto
                         	[6] Comma Separated Value (.csv)
                         	[7] ESRI FileGeodatabase (using OpenFileGDB)
                         	[8] ESRI Shapefile
                         	[9] Elastic Search
                         	[10] FlatGeobuf
                         	[11] Flexible Image Transport System
                         	[12] GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt)
                         	[13] GPSBabel
                         	[14] GPX
                         	[15] GeoJSON
                         	[16] GeoJSON Sequence
                         	[17] GeoPackage
                         	[18] GeoRSS
                         	[19] Geography Markup Language (GML)
                         	[20] Geospatial PDF
                         	[21] IHO S-57 (ENC)
                         	[22] In Memory raster, vector and multidimensional raster
                         	[23] Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
                         	[24] Keyhole Markup Language (LIBKML)
                         	[25] MBTiles
                         	[26] MIPL VICAR file
                         	[27] MS Office Open XML spreadsheet
                         	[28] MapInfo File
                         	[29] MapML
                         	[30] Mapbox Vector Tiles
                         	[31] Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Database
                         	[32] Microstation DGN
                         	[33] MiraMon Vectors (.pol, .arc, .pnt)
                         	[34] NASA Planetary Data System 4
                         	[35] Network Common Data Format
                         	[36] NextGIS Web
                         	[37] OGC Features and Geometries JSON
                         	[38] Open Document/ LibreOffice / OpenOffice Spreadsheet
                         	[39] OpenJUMP JML
                         	[40] PCIDSK Database File
                         	[41] PostgreSQL SQL dump
                         	[42] PostgreSQL/PostGIS
                         	[43] ProtoMap Tiles
                         	[44] SQLite / Spatialite
                         	[45] Selafin
                         	[46] TileDB
                         	[47] VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data Format
                         	[48] WAsP .map format
                         	Default: 0
  -OPTIONS:         Creation Options
	text
  -LAYER_OPTIONS:   Layer Creation Options
	text