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gdal-vector-make-point — Create point features from attribute fields

Added in version 3.12.

Usage: gdal vector make-point [OPTIONS] <INPUT> <OUTPUT>

Create point geometries from attribute fields

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]
  -q, --quiet                                          Quiet mode (no 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 output is allowed
  --append                                             Whether appending to existing layer is allowed
                                                       Mutually exclusive with --upsert
  --output-layer <OUTPUT-LAYER>                        Output layer name
  --skip-errors                                        Skip errors when writing features
  --x <X>                                              Field from which X coordinate should be read [required]
  --y <Y>                                              Field from which Y coordinate should be read [required]
  --z <Z>                                              Optional field from which Z coordinate should be read
  --m <M>                                              Optional field from which M coordinate should be read
  --dst-crs <DST-CRS>                                  Destination CRS

Advanced Options:
  --if, --input-format <INPUT-FORMAT>                  Input formats [may be repeated]
  --oo, --open-option <KEY>=<VALUE>                    Open options [may be repeated]
  --output-oo, --output-open-option <KEY>=<VALUE>      Output open options [may be repeated]
  --upsert                                             Upsert features (implies 'append')
                                                       Mutually exclusive with --append

gdal vector make-point creates point geometries from attribute fields containing coordinates.

--x <FIELD_NAME>

Field name containing X coordinate values

--y <FIELD_NAME>

Field name containing Y coordinate values

--z <FIELD_NAME>

Optional field name containing Z coordinate values

--m <FIELD_NAME>

Optional field name containing M coordinate values

--dst-crs <CRS>

Optional coordinate reference system to assign to the created points. 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.

Dan Baston <dbaston@gmail.com>

1998-2026