OGRLINEREF(1)

NAME
ogrlineref - Create linear reference and provide some calculations using it.

SYNOPSIS

        ogrlineref [--help] [--help-general] [-progress] [-quiet]
                   [-f <format_name>] [-dsco <NAME>=<VALUE>]... [-lco <NAME>=<VALUE>]...
                   [-create]
                   [-l <src_line_datasource_name>] [-ln <layer_name>] [-lf <field_name>]
                   [-p <src_repers_datasource_name>] [-pn <layer_name>] [-pm <pos_field_name>] [-pf <field_name>]
                   [-r <src_parts_datasource_name>] [-rn <layer_name>]
                   [-o <dst_datasource_name>] [-on <layer_name>] [-of <field_name>] [-s <step>]
                   [-get_pos] [-x <long>] [-y <lat>]
                   [-get_coord] [-m <position>]
                   [-get_subline] [-mb <position>] [-me <position>]

DESCRIPTION

The ogrlineref program can be used to:

    •   create a linear reference file from input data

    •   return the "linear referenced" distance for the projection of the input coordinates (point) on the path

    •   return the coordinates (point) on the path according to the "linear referenced" distance

    •   return the portion of the path according to the "linear referenced" begin and end distances

The ogrlineref utility creates a linear reference - a file containing segments of a certain length (e.g. 1 km in reference units.) The user can get coordinates, linear referenced distances or sublines (subpaths) from this file. The utility does not require the M or Z components in the geometry. The results can be stored in any OGR supported format. Also some information is written to the stdout.

    --help
        Show this help message and exit

    --help-general
        Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL commandline options and exit.

    -progress
        Show progress.

    -quiet
        Suppress all messages except errors and results.

    -f <format_name>
        Select an output format name. The default is to create a shapefile.

    -dsco <NAME>=<VALUE>
        Dataset creation option (format specific)

    -lco <NAME>=<VALUE>
        Layer creation option (format specific).

    -create
        Create the linear reference file (linestring of parts).

    -l <src_line_datasource_name>
        The path to input linestring datasource (e.g. the road)

    -ln <layer_name>
        The layer name in datasource

    -lf <field_name>
        The field name of unique values to separate the input lines (e.g. the set of roads).

    -p <src_repers_datasource_name>
        The path to linear references points (e.g. the road mile-stones)

    -pn <layer_name>
        The layer name in datasource

    -pm <pos_field_name>
        The field name of distances along path (e.g. mile-stones values)

    -pf <field_name>
        The field name of unique values to map input reference points to lines.

    -r <src_parts_datasource_name>
        The path to linear reference file.

    -rn <layer_name>
        The layer name in datasource

    -o <dst_datasource_name>
        The path to output linear reference file (linestring datasource)

    -on <layer_name>
        The layer name in datasource

    -of <field_name>
        The field name for storing the unique values of input lines

    -s <step>
        The part size in linear units

    -get_pos
        Return linear referenced position for input X, Y

    -x <long>
        Input X coordinate

    -y <lat>
        Input Y coordinate

    -get_coord
        Return point on path for input linear distance

    -m <position>
        The input linear distance

    -get_subline
        Return the portion of the input path from and to input linear positions.

    -mb <position>
        The input begin linear distance

    -me <position>
        The input end linear distance

EXAMPLE

This example would create a shapefile (parts.shp) containing a data needed for linear referencing (1 km parts):

        ogrlineref -create -l roads.shp -p references.shp -pm dist -o parts.shp -s 1000 -progress

AUTHOR
Dmitry Baryshnikov <polimax@mail.ru>

COPYRIGHT
1998-2025