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# ogr2ogr

> Convert geospatial vector data between file formats.
> More information: <https://gdal.org/programs/ogr2ogr.html>.

- Convert a Shapefile into a GeoPackage:

`ogr2ogr -f GPKG {{path/to/output.gpkg}} {{path/to/input.shp}}`

- Reduce a GeoJSON to features matching a condition:

`ogr2ogr -where '{{myProperty > 42}}' -f {{GeoJSON}} {{path/to/output.geojson}} {{path/to/input.geojson}}`

- Change coordinate reference system of a GeoPackage from `EPSG:4326` to `EPSG:3857`:

`ogr2ogr -s_srs {{EPSG:4326}} -t_srs {{EPSG:3857}} -f GPKG {{path/to/output.gpkg}} {{path/to/input.gpkg}}`

- Convert a CSV file into a GeoPackage, specifying the names of the coordinate columns and assigning a coordinate reference system:

`ogr2ogr -f GPKG {{path/to/output.gpkg}} {{path/to/input.csv}} -oo X_POSSIBLE_NAMES={{longitude}} -oo Y_POSSIBLE_NAMES={{latitude}} -a_srs {{EPSG:4326}}`

- Load a GeoPackage into a PostGIS database:

`ogr2ogr -f PostgreSQL PG:dbname="{{database_name}}" {{path/to/input.gpkg}}`

- Clip layers of a GeoPackage file to the given bounding box:

`ogr2ogr -spat {{min_x}} {{min_y}} {{max_x}} {{max_y}} -f GPKG {{path/to/output.gpkg}} {{path/to/input.gpkg}}`
