[Qgis-user] Can some one help me to convert a .bil file in a shape file?

[Alex Mandel]

On 02/17/2014 02:55 PM, NYA Edouard wrote:
> Hi to every one,
> SInce a certain time, I am working on a project where I intend work
> with the shapefile of the .bil file available in the Harmonized World
> Soil Database (HWSD). It can be found here
> (http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/External-World-soil-database/HTML/)
> The bil file es very heavy (more than 1800 MB), so I need to convert
> the file so that I can trim it easily to process it for the project.
> Any idea?
> Thanks in advance
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BIL is a raster format. You can use the many GDAL commands in the Raster
menu or via command line to cut out a section.

http://qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_gdaltools.html

Enjoy,
Alex