[gdal-dev] OgrInfo ShapeFile Extents Report

[Frank Warmerdam]

David Baker (Geoscience) wrote:
> List,
> 
>  
> 
> Does OgrInfo report the actual extents of the geometries in a ShapeFile 
> or just the extents reported in the header of the ShapeFile?

David,

GetExtent() is optimized by the shapefile driver to report the extents
from the file header rather than scanning the data as most drivers do.

Best regards,
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