NAME
v.clean.ogr - Imports vector data into a GRASS vector map, cleans the data topologically, and exports them again using OGR library.
KEYWORDS
vector,
cleaning,
OGR,
topology,
geometry,
snapping
SYNOPSIS
v.clean.ogr
v.clean.ogr --help
v.clean.ogr [-luf] input=string layer=string [where=sql_query] [encoding=string] [key=string] [geometry=name] [snap=float] [min_area=float] output=name format=string [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
- -l
- List available OGR layers in data source and exit
- -u
- Open an existing output OGR datasource for update
- -f
- List supported output formats and exit
- --overwrite
- Allow output files to overwrite existing files
- --help
- Print usage summary
- --verbose
- Verbose module output
- --quiet
- Quiet module output
- --ui
- Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:
- input=string [required]
- Name of OGR datasource to be imported
- Example: directory containing shapefiles
- layer=string [required]
- OGR layer name.
- Examples: shapefile name without .shp
- where=sql_query
- WHERE conditions of SQL statement without 'where' keyword
- Example: income < 1000 and population >= 10000
- encoding=string
- Encoding value for attribute data
- Overrides encoding interpretation, useful when importing ESRI Shapefile
- key=string
- Name of column used for categories
- If not given, categories are generated as unique values and stored in 'cat' column
- geometry=name
- Name of geometry column
- If not given, all geometry columns from the input are used
- snap=float
- Snapping threshold for boundaries (map units)
- '-1' for no snap
- Default: -1
- min_area=float
- Minimum size of areas to be retained in output (square meters)
- Disabled with values <= 0
- Default: 0
- output=name [required]
- Name of output OGR datasource
- Examples: filename for a GeoPackage, directory for shapefiles
- format=string [required]
- Data format to write
- Default: GPKG
v.clean.ogr cleans non-topological polygons in an OGR
datasource by importing, cleaning, and exporting these polgons. This
module should not be used with polygons that are correctly overlapping,
e.g. buffers.
v.clean.ogr imports vector data from files and database
connections supported by the OGR library
into a temporary location. Only one input layer is imported.
Polygons in the input layer are automatically cleaned during impport.
More thorough cleaning can be achieved by using the snap and
min_area options.
The cleaned result is exported to the selected output datasource
with "_clean" appended to the input layer name. Any overlaps
are exported with "_overlaps" appended to the input layer name.
v.clean.ogr uses the OGR library which supports various vector data
formats including
GeoPackage,
ESRI Shapefile,
Mapinfo File, UK .NTF,
SDTS, TIGER, IHO S-57 (ENC), DGN, GML, GPX, AVCBin, REC, Memory, OGDI,
and PostgreSQL, depending on the local OGR installation. For details see
the
OGR web site. The
OGR (Simple Features Library) is part of the
GDAL library, hence GDAL needs to be
installed to use
v.clean.ogr.
The list of actually supported formats can be printed by -f flag.
When importing polygons, non-topological polygons are converted to
topological areas. If the input polygons contain errors (unexpected
overlapping areas, small gaps between polygons, or warnings about being
unable to calculate centroids), the import might need to be repeated
using a
snap value as suggested in the output messages.
The snap threshold defines the maximal distance from one to another
vertex in map units (for latitude-longitude locations in degree). If there
is no other vertex within snap distance, no snapping will be done.
Note that a too large value can severely damage area topology, beyond repair.
Further cleaning can be achieved by removing small areas using the
min_area option. Note that units are always squaremeters. Values
for min_area should generally be small, a value of 0.5 can already
clean up lots of artefacts.
Cleaning polygons in a Shapefile in the current directory
research_area
v.clean.ogr input=research_area layer=research_area output=research_area \
snap=1e-4 min_area=1 -u --overwrite
Two new Shapefile layers "research_area_clean" and
"research_area_overlaps" may be created in the same directory.
v.in.ogr,
v.clean,
v.out.ogr
Markus Metz
SOURCE CODE
Available at:
v.clean.ogr source code
(history)
Latest change: Monday Jan 30 19:52:26 2023 in commit: cac8d9d848299297977d1315b7e90cc3f7698730
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