[Qgis-user] Reduce the file size of the shape file

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi,

To my knowledge no.  You could simplify the geometries but that would probably come with a resolution penalty (missing nodes).  You could perhaps change the field data type.  For example, an int data type will probably use less space than a float with a 16 decimal value.  A text field can be reduced to the minimum size needed.  You can also try to save the file under an other name.  Depending on where the file was created and used, saving the file could “permanently delete” some previous deleted components.  Can you use another file format?

Nicolas Cadieux
https://gitlab.com/njacadieux

> Le 29 juin 2021 à 15:53, krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Hello,
> I have a "Streets" shape file of a state with about 12000 lines. For the same geographic area I have "Blocks_Centroids" shape file of about 6000 points. I ran the tool as shown below. It resulted in a shapefile "ShortestPath" with 6000 lines. The size of the "Streets" shape file with 12000 lines is 5000 KB. Whereas the size of the output shape file  "ShortestPath" with only 6000 lines is 270,000 KB. Is there a way to reduce the file size? The reason is I need to upload this in a different platform which cannot accept shapefiles larger than 10,000 KB.
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