Re: [Gvsig_english] QUESTION gvSIG 1.9 (BN 1253) -- Can you automatically split a vector layer based on an attribute in a field?

SEXTANTE has a tool Separate entities in its vector layers toolbox that does exactly what you are looking for. Cheers, Ben - Original Message - From: Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd) scrop...@botanicusaustralia.com.au To: Users and Developers mailing list

Re: [Gvsig_english] QUESTION gvSIG 1.9 (BN 1253) -- Can you automatically split a vector layer based on an attribute in a field?

Il 05/05/2010 9.09, Benjamin Ducke ha scritto: SEXTANTE has a tool Separate entities in its vector layers toolbox that does exactly what you are looking for. Hi all, a good starting point could be using Separate entities tool in SEXTANTE, however it's a bit buggy (see ticket 960 [1]). It

Re: [Gvsig_english] QUESTION gvSIG 1.9 (BN 1253) -- Can you automatically split a vector layer based on an attribute in a field?

Hi Antonio and Ben, Ben, Antonio is right. The Separate Entities option in Sextante is very buggy. When I tried it, it created multiple shapefiles with each shapefile's name incrementing in size until Java baulks at file names when they reach 254 characters. None of the files created actually

[Gvsig_english] QUESTION gvSIG 1.9 (BN 1253) -- Can you automatically split a vector layer based on an attribute in a field?

Hi, I have a shapefile of points representing the known locations of 20-30 species. Is their any way I can point a routine at a table field and have it create multiple shapefiles based on the values in this field, essentially creating separate shapefiles for each species? -- Cheers Simon