Hi all,
I am using ogr2ogr merge all my shapefiles into one large file. Its
failing with following error
ERROR 1: Failed to write shape object. File size cannot reach 4294967280 +
28.
ERROR 1: Terminating translation prematurely after failed
I looked at shapefil.h its using unsigned int for
I am afraid you are out of luck, the shapefile format restricts its size to
32 bit. See bytes 24-27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile
Even if the SHP part was not so restricted, I bet the DBF part is.
Cheers
Brian
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Harsha Ch harsha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
Harsha,
It is advisable to limit the file size to 2GB. Though 4GB is possible, not
all software implement up to that limit. You may have problems if you ever
use it in other software.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Harsha Ch harsha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I am using ogr2ogr merge
