[Qgis-developer] To Save Ogr Layer in VRT

[Even Rouault]

Selon Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za>:

> On 2014/09/04 10:17, Geo DrinX wrote:
> > Hello Zoltan,
> >
> >     a VRT is a Virtual Raster Table and applies to raster data not
> >     Vector data.
> >     gdal deals with raster, and ogr with vector.
> >
> >
> > VRT is not only for Raster .    You will find this article very
> > interesting :
> >
> >
>
http://www.portailsig.org/content/ogr-que-la-force-soit-avec-les-formats-virtuels
> >
> >
> I learn every day. Perhaps today I will learn French? :-)
>
> You having said this, does clarify your question. - Nope, I am not aware
> of such facility in QGIS (but that doesn't say much).
>
> Regards and share your experience with this question.
> Zoltan

Roberto,

You probably want to try
http://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/trunk/gdal/swig/python/samples/ogr2vrt.py , which is
actually mentionned in the article you quote.
I don't think there's a QGIS launcher for that one, but a few characters on the
command line have not killed anybody ;-)

Even

>
> > :)
> >
> >
> > So, Vector  VRT  are very powerful ,   and I repeat the question :
> > it just exists a QGIS menu function or other to save  vector layer VRT
> > definition file ?
> >
> >
> > Thank you again for any info about this
> >
> > Roberto
> >
> >
>
>
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