[Gdal-dev] create buffer of a shapefile on the command-line using ogr - possible?

[Wolfgang Qual]

Hi Frank,
ok. Thanks for your answer. Maybe it will be possible in the future... ;)

Wolfgang

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Datum: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:09:41 -0500
Von: Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
An: wqual <wolfgang.qual at gmx.net>
CC: gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
Betreff: Re: [Gdal-dev] create buffer of a shapefile on the command-line using ogr - possible?

> wqual wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > is it possible to create a buffer-theme (for an input shapefile) on the 
> > command-line using ogr-utilities with some sql-commands? Or do I need to
> > write a script (I have read something about this in this list). I am
> just 
> > curious...
> > Any hints would be great.
> 
> Wolfgang,
> 
> There is currently no way to invoke operators like buffer using the
> commandline
> tools.  You would need to either write a program, or a script in python,
> etc.
> 
> Best regards,
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