[Freegis-list] ogr2ogr: csv to shpefile (newby question)

[Ken Waters]

I use gen2shp and then txt2dbf, also freeware and available for either 
Windoze or Linux/Unix.  This two-step process works just fine for 
creating fully compatible shapefiles.  If you need for the process to be 
repeatable then just call the routines in a scripting language (like 
Perl), as I do.  I do all of that, creating real-time shapefiles in both 
operating systems.

Ken

>>Is there any other (command line) application that can convert csv to 
>>shapefiles? gen2shp only convert generate files that  can't contain
>>attributes.
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>>
>
>But it shouldn't be that hard to cut the coordinates and the attributes
>from your csv into two different tables. Apply gen2shp to generate 
>the geometry files and in a second step run e.g. ogr2ogr to create 
>the dbase attributes.
>
>HTH,
>
>        Frank Koormann
> 
>  
>


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