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GDAL-VECTOR-EDIT(1) GDAL GDAL-VECTOR-EDIT(1)

gdal-vector-edit - Edit metadata of a vetor dataset

Added in version 3.11.

Usage: gdal vector edit [OPTIONS] <INPUT> <OUTPUT>
Edit metadata of a vector dataset.
Positional arguments:

-i, --input <INPUT> Input vector datasets [required]
-o, --output <OUTPUT> Output vector dataset [required] Common Options:
-h, --help Display help message and exit
--json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit
--config <KEY>=<VALUE> Configuration option [may be repeated]
--progress Display progress bar Options:
-l, --layer, --input-layer <INPUT-LAYER> Input layer name(s) [may be repeated]
-f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT> Output format ("GDALG" allowed)
--co, --creation-option <KEY>=<VALUE> Creation option [may be repeated]
--lco, --layer-creation-option <KEY>=<VALUE> Layer creation option [may be repeated]
--overwrite Whether overwriting existing output is allowed
--update Whether to open existing dataset in update mode
--overwrite-layer Whether overwriting existing layer is allowed
--append Whether appending to existing layer is allowed
--output-layer <OUTPUT-LAYER> Output layer name
--active-layer <ACTIVE-LAYER> Set active layer (if not specified, all)
--geometry-type <GEOMETRY-TYPE> Layer geometry type
--crs <CRS> Override CRS (without reprojection)
--metadata <KEY>=<VALUE> Add/update dataset metadata item [may be repeated]
--unset-metadata <KEY> Remove dataset metadata item [may be repeated]
--layer-metadata <KEY>=<VALUE> Add/update layer metadata item [may be repeated]
--unset-layer-metadata <KEY> Remove layer metadata item [may be repeated] Advanced Options:
--if, --input-format <INPUT-FORMAT> Input formats [may be repeated]
--oo, --open-option <KEY>=<VALUE> Open options [may be repeated]


gdal vector edit can be used to edit metadata of a vector dataset: its CRS, the layer geometry type, dataset and layer metadata.

edit can also be used as a step of gdal vector pipeline.

Features are not modified.

Which output vector format to use. Allowed values may be given by gdal --formats | grep vector | grep rw | sort

Many formats have one or more optional dataset creation options that can be used to control particulars about the file created. For instance, the GeoPackage driver supports creation options to control the version.

May be repeated.

The dataset creation options available vary by format driver, and some simple formats have no creation options at all. A list of options supported for a format can be listed with the --formats command line option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source of information on driver creation options. See Vector drivers format specific documentation for legal creation options for each format.

Note that dataset creation options are different from layer creation options.


Allow program to overwrite existing target file or dataset. Otherwise, by default, gdal errors out if the target file or dataset already exists.

Set the active layer. When it is specified, only the layer specified by its name will be subject to the processing. Other layers will be not modified. If this option is not specified, all layers will be subject to the processing.

Change the layer geometry type to be one of GEOMETRY, POINT, LINESTRING, POLYGON, MULTIPOINT, MULTILINESTRING, MULTIPOLYGON, GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, CURVE, CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, SURFACE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE, MULTISURFACE, POLYHEDRALSURFACE or TIN. Z, M or ZM suffixes can be appended to the above values to indicate the dimensionality. Note that feature geometries themselves are not modified. Thus this option can be used to fix an inappropriate geometry type at the layer level.

Override CRS, without reprojecting.

The coordinate reference systems that can be passed are anything supported by the OGRSpatialReference::SetFromUserInput() call, which includes EPSG Projected, Geographic or Compound CRS (i.e. EPSG:4296), a well known text (WKT) CRS definition, PROJ.4 declarations, or the name of a .prj file containing a WKT CRS definition.

null or none can be specified to unset an existing CRS.


Add/update metadata item, at the dataset level.

Remove metadata item, at the dataset level.

Add/update metadata item, at the layer level.

Remove metadata item, at the layer level.

Dataset open option (format specific).

May be repeated.


Format/driver name to be attempted to open the input file(s). It is generally not necessary to specify it, but it can be used to skip automatic driver detection, when it fails to select the appropriate driver. This option can be repeated several times to specify several candidate drivers. Note that it does not force those drivers to open the dataset. In particular, some drivers have requirements on file extensions.

May be repeated.


This program supports serializing the command line as a JSON file using the GDALG output format. The resulting file can then be opened as a vector dataset using the GDALG: GDAL Streamed Algorithm driver, and apply the specified pipeline in a on-the-fly / streamed way.

$ gdal vector edit --crs=EPSG:4326 --geometry-type=POLYGONZM in.gpkg out.gpkg --overwrite


Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>

1998-2025

May 6, 2025

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