Import Shapes

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2008
Menu: File | Shapes

Description

The "OGR Vector Data Import" tool imports vector data from various file/database formats using the "Geospatial Data Abstraction Library" (GDAL) by Frank Warmerdam. GDAL Version:3.6.2 Following raster formats are currently supported:

ID	Name	Extension
JP2ECW	ERDAS JPEG2000 (SDK 5.5)	jp2
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
BAG	Bathymetry Attributed Grid	bag
netCDF	Network Common Data Format	nc
PDF	Geospatial PDF	pdf
FileGDB	ESRI FileGDB	gdb
ODBC
PCIDSK	PCIDSK Database File	pix
PDS4	NASA Planetary Data System 4	xml
VICAR	MIPL VICAR file
JP2OpenJPEG	JPEG-2000 driver based on OpenJPEG library	jp2
MBTiles	MBTiles	mbtiles
EEDA	Earth Engine Data API
OGCAPI	OGCAPI
ESRI Shapefile	ESRI Shapefile	shp
MapInfo File	MapInfo File
UK .NTF	UK .NTF
LVBAG	Kadaster LV BAG Extract 2.0	xml
OGR_SDTS	SDTS
S57	IHO S-57 (ENC)	000
DGN	Microstation DGN	dgn
OGR_VRT	VRT - Virtual Datasource	vrt
Memory	Memory
CSV	Comma Separated Value (.csv)	csv
NAS	NAS - ALKIS	xml
GML	Geography Markup Language (GML)	gml
GPX	GPX	gpx
LIBKML	Keyhole Markup Language (LIBKML)
KML	Keyhole Markup Language (KML)	kml
GeoJSON	GeoJSON
GeoJSONSeq	GeoJSON Sequence
ESRIJSON	ESRIJSON	json
TopoJSON	TopoJSON
Interlis 1	Interlis 1
Interlis 2	Interlis 2
OGR_GMT	GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt)	gmt
GPKG	GeoPackage	gpkg
SQLite	SQLite / Spatialite
WAsP	WAsP .map format	map
PGeo	ESRI Personal GeoDatabase	mdb
OGR_OGDI	OGDI Vectors (VPF, VMAP, DCW)
PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL/PostGIS
MySQL	MySQL
OpenFileGDB	ESRI FileGDB	gdb
DXF	AutoCAD DXF	dxf
CAD	AutoCAD Driver	dwg
FlatGeobuf	FlatGeobuf	fgb
Geoconcept	Geoconcept
GeoRSS	GeoRSS
VFK	Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format	vfk
PGDUMP	PostgreSQL SQL dump	sql
OSM	OpenStreetMap XML and PBF
GPSBabel	GPSBabel
OGR_PDS	Planetary Data Systems TABLE
WFS	OGC WFS (Web Feature Service)
OAPIF	OGC API - Features
EDIGEO	French EDIGEO exchange format	thf
SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics	svg
Idrisi	Idrisi Vector (.vct)	vct
XLS	MS Excel format	xls
ODS	Open Document/ LibreOffice / OpenOffice Spreadsheet	ods
XLSX	MS Office Open XML spreadsheet
Elasticsearch	Elastic Search
Carto	Carto
AmigoCloud	AmigoCloud
SXF	Storage and eXchange Format	sxf
Selafin	Selafin
JML	OpenJUMP JML	jml
PLSCENES	Planet Labs Scenes API
CSW	OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web)
VDV	VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data Format
GMLAS	Geography Markup Language (GML) driven by application schemas
MVT	Mapbox Vector Tiles
NGW	NextGIS Web
MapML	MapML
TIGER	U.S. Census TIGER/Line
AVCBin	Arc/Info Binary Coverage
AVCE00	Arc/Info E00 (ASCII) Coverage	e00
HTTP	HTTP Fetching Wrapper

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

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Output	Shapes	shapes list, output	`SHAPES`	-	-
Options	Files	file path	`FILES`	-	-
Options	Geometry Type	choice	`GEOM_TYPE`	Some OGR drivers are unable to determine the geometry type automatically, please choose the appropriate one in this case	Available Choices: [0] Automatic [1] Point [2] Point (2.5D) [3] Multi-Point [4] Multi-Point (2.5D) [5] Line [6] Line (2.5D) [7] Polyline [8] Polyline (2.5D) [9] Polygon [10] Polygon (2.5D) [11] Multi-Polygon [12] Multi-Polygon (2.5D) Default: 0

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd io_gdal 3 [-SHAPES ] [-FILES ] [-GEOM_TYPE ]
  -SHAPES:   	Shapes
	shapes list, output
  -FILES:    	Files
	file path
  -GEOM_TYPE:	Geometry Type
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Automatic
	[1] Point
	[2] Point (2.5D)
	[3] Multi-Point
	[4] Multi-Point (2.5D)
	[5] Line
	[6] Line (2.5D)
	[7] Polyline
	[8] Polyline (2.5D)
	[9] Polygon
	[10] Polygon (2.5D)
	[11] Multi-Polygon
	[12] Multi-Polygon (2.5D)
	Default: 0