Shapefile¶
ESRI Shapefile is the most widely used format for storing and exchanging geospatial vector data. This driver is implemented the OGR Shapefile driver via the GDAL/OGR Java bindings.
VectorDataset states = Shapefile.open(Paths.get("states.shp"));
Connection Options¶
The following connection options are supported by the Shapefile driver.
| Key | Description | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| file | Path to Shapefile. | Yes |
Driver Aliases¶
The Shapefile driver is identified by the name shapefile but can also be referenced as:
shp
Driver Capabilities¶
The following table summarizes the native capabilities of the Shapefile driver.
| Capability | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dataset Creation | No | |
| Write Support | No | |
| Bounds Filtering | Yes | |
| Property Filtering | No | |
| Limit | No | |
| Offset | No | |
| Field Selection | No |