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The OGR Simple Features Library is a C++ open source library (and command line tools) providing access to vector file formats.

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Installing Fiona in Debian7.x-64bits/Python2.7

For reference: Note that there is a fiona package in debian gis (waiting in the new queue) and on ubuntugis unstable (you can install packages python-fiona and python3-fiona). For building from sourc …
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DXF to georeferenced SHP

It is not possible to set the projection using a bounding box for a shapefile. There is indeed a reason: if items in the shapefile are changed the bounding box may change as well. If your data in dxf …
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How do I generate thumbnails images from lots of shapefiles?

Another related question: Platforms for repetitive automated mapping? There mapserver was suggested.
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Converting Set of ARC/INFO ASCII .e00, .e01, .e02, etc files into shapefiles using QGIS

ogr2ogr t5190.shp t5190.e00 Should do the trick. Sometimes you could try combining the files prior to running ogr2ogr. cat filename.e0* >filename-merged.e00 Other possibilities: there is a modul …
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Finding polygons crossed by line using OGR?

The proposals of mloskot and Nicklas to compare the bounding boxes are indeed correct. If you are using shapefiles you could also consider calling this saga module: http://www.saga-gis.org/saga_modu …
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how can i convert a shapefile to lat and lon boundaries?

One possible way to proceed using SAGA GIS http://www.saga-gis.org After opening your shapefile run these 3 modules: 1. Modules\Shapes\Tools\Get Shapes extent Modules\Shapes\Tools\Points\Points from …
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