[gdal-dev] how correctly to use the -where parameter in ogr2ogr

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote
> hi,
> 
> maybe a too simple question...
> 
> given the natural earth data ne_10m_admin_0_countries.shp, I want to
> reproject from EPSG 4326 to EPSG 3035, but only the europe countries.
> 
> in the shapefile there is a coloumn called CONTINENT with content like
> e.g. Europe, Asia etc.
> 
> trying this command
> 
> ogr2ogr -s_srs EPSG:4326 -t_srs EPSG:3035 -where 'CONTINENT = "Europe"'
> ne_10m_admin_0_countries_europe_epsg3035.shp ne_10m_admin_0_countries.shp
> FAILURE:
> Unable to open datasource `Europe'' with the following drivers.
> 
> any hints?

to answer my own question, it's just changing around the quotes:

ogr2ogr -s_srs EPSG:4326 -t_srs EPSG:3035 -where "CONTINENT = 'Europe'"
ne_10m_admin_0_countries_europe_epsg3035.shp ne_10m_admin_0_countries.shp

sorry for the noise.




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best regards
Helmut
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