Where do I find the ogr2ogr command for Mac OS X Lion?

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I am looking for the equivalent of FWTools for Mac OS X, Lion. Is there anything I can easily install and get that command?

Meekohi · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-30 03:23:08Z

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ogr2ogr is part of the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL).

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 3:23

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user2856 · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 01:20:39Z

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You can find Mac GDAL downloads here: http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/archive#gdal OGR and the associated utilities (i.e ogr2ogr and ogrinfo) are included with GDAL.

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 1:20

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Yup, thanks. It gets installed to /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.8/Programs/ogr2ogr
– CLJ
Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32
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Or, brew install gdal (brew.sh)
– Meekohi
Jan 29, 2014 at 17:19
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@Meekohi you should add that as an answer, not as a comment.
– user2856
Jan 29, 2014 at 23:12
As you command.
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Jan 30, 2014 at 3:23
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@Meekohi I suggested you add that as answer so I could vote for it. Which I have. No commands intended ;)
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boulder_ruby · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-26 01:57:12Z

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Taking the information from the above, here's how you would actually get the ogr2ogr command working like it should

add this to your ~/.bash_profile script:

export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.[YOURVERSIONHERE]/Programs/:$PATH

the above code also adds a bunch of other gdal libraries to your path as well

answered Nov 2, 2013 at 18:43

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Well put @boulder_ruby - exactly what I needed!
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Jan 21, 2014 at 15:34
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You can also use "Current" as the [YOURVERSIONHERE]
– Tom Lee
Oct 22, 2018 at 14:07
Try restarting your computer after you add this to your path. And if that doesn't work, try adding a manual PATH variable to the QGIS settings page: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/285832/…
– oatmilkyway
Nov 7, 2018 at 4:57
@plnnr not necessary. To reload ~/.bash_profile just reload a new terminal or run source ~/.bash_profile
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Dec 19, 2018 at 15:03

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