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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have loads, literally thousands, of SHP, GPKG, TAB files located in loads of different folders and sub-folders.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a plugin that will trawl through a set of folders, copy say just the polygons from each file into a new file, and populate a field with say the filename and folder the polygon(s) came from?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Essentially combining a heap of files into one with some metadata about where the data came from?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Why? I have files from clients dating back about 20 years. Clients sell properties. Properties get subdivided. New clients come and see us, and often we don’t realise we have GIS info on file for that property from many years ago, usually under a different name. It would be handy to see a polygon on the screen and easily go back to some old GIS data.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe I am missing an easy tool to do this, but I can’t see anything obvious.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony Shepherd</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> GeoSpatial Manager @ FarmMaps NZ & Photographer @ Shepherd Photos<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Phone</span></i></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <b>–</b> 027 435 6193 | <b><i>Website</i> – </b><a href="http://shepherdphotos.co.nz/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>shepherdphotos.co.nz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Email</span></i></b><b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> – Maps</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <a href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tony@farmmaps.nz</span></a> | <b><i>Email</i> – Photos</b> <a href="mailto:tony@shepherdphotos.co.nz"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tony@shepherdphotos.co.nz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Facebook</span></i></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TonyShepherdPhotos"><span style='color:#0563C1'>TonyShepherdPhotos</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><img border=0 width=160 height=75 style='width:1.6666in;height:.7812in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DAA2CA.0FFD4140" alt="FM_logo1_small (Custom)"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>