Tutorial: Introduction to GDAL

4.2. Reprojecting vector data

For vector data the gdal vector reproject command is used to reproject vector data. The syntax is:

gdal vector reproject -d EPSG:XXXXX <input> <output>

Here we'll convert the OpenStreetMap road data to the Amersfoort/RD New projection.

1. Execute:
gdal vector reproject -d EPSG:28992 roads.shp roadsreprojected.shp

The command is executed (it takes some time), but gives a warning.

2. What does the warning mean?

More information about the gdal vector reproject command can be found here.