Export GIS Data

Exports GIS data from DynaMind to common GIS formats GDAL/OGR.

Parameter

Name	Type	Description
sink	STRING	points to where the view should be exported
driver_name	STRING	name of used driver
view_name	STRING	name of view to be exported
layer_name	STRING	layer_name in sink
steps	INT	is used in loop data are exported every x step
targetEPSG	INT	target EPSG code; if 0 simulation EPSG is used
overwrite	BOOL	if true and existing datasource is overwritten, default is false
append	BOOL	if true and data are append to existing layer at data source

Module Name

GDALPublishResults

Detailed Description

The module builds on the GDAL/OGR library and supports export of data from DynaMind into common GIS data formats. An overview of supported formats can be found here.

Export to PostGIS

If you want to export data to a PostGIS server please set sink to following PG:dbname=melbourne host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 user=username password=password and driver_name is ‘’ (empty) since the name the driver name is already set with the PG command.

Sample Code for Python Simulation

# Upload results to PostGIS database
export = sim.add_module('GDALPublishResults',
                           {'sink': 'PG:dbname=melbourne host=localhost port=5432 user=user password=password',
                            'driver_name': '',
                            'targetEPSG' : '4283',
                            'sourceEPSG' : '32755',
                            'view_name': 'catchment',
                            'layer_name': 'result_catchment',
                            'overwrite': False},
                            link_to_module)