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.TH shptreevis 1 "08 May 2021" "" ""
.SH NAME
shptreevis \- view the quadtree quadrants of a .qix file
.SH SYNOPSIS
'nh
.fi
.ad l
\fBshptreevis\fR \kx
.if (\nx>(\n(.l/2)) .nr x (\n(.l/5)
'in \n(.iu+\nxu
\fIshapefile\fR \fInew_shapefile\fR 
'in \n(.iu-\nxu
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'hy
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBshptreevis\fR can be used to view the quadtree quadrants
that are part of a .qix file (that was created with the shptree utility).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 
\fIshapefile\fR
The name of the .shp file index.
.TP 
\fInew_shapefile\fR
The name of the .shp file to create.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
\*(T<
shptreevis us_states.shp quad.shp
This new LSB index supports a shapefile with 2895 shapes, 10 depth
      \*(T>
.fi

Result:
.RS 
A Shape data set named 'quad.shp' is created. You can now view this
Shape data set in a desktop GIS (such as QGIS for example) to see the
quadtrees that were created with the shptree command.
.RE
.PP
\fBshptreevis result displayed in QGIS\fR
.URL http://mapserver.org/_images/shptreevis-example.png ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBshptree\fR(1),
\fBshptreetst\fR(1),
\fBsortshp\fR(1)