[Qgis-user] Convert huge shapefile to small size

Bernd Vogelgesang bernd.vogelgesang at gmx.de
Wed Jul 27 23:01:52 PDT 2022


how big is the dbf file of that shape? Maybe you can also drop some
attributes.

Am 28.07.22 um 03:46 schrieb krishna Ayyala via Qgis-user:
> Hello,
> I have a shapefile of 5GB in size. Is it possible to convert this
> shapefile to a smaller size file? It can be any format, not
> necessarily a shapefile. But, preferably a vector format. I tried to
> convert it into tiles, but that didn't work as it was losing the
> resolution. I am looking to convert this 5GB size file to about 500MB.
>
> Regards.
>
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