gdal_configurations
- pyhelpers.settings.gdal_configurations(reset=False, max_tmpfile_size=None, interleaved_reading=True, custom_indexing=False, compress_nodes=True)
Alter some default configuration options of GDAL/OGR drivers.
- Parameters:
reset (bool) – whether to reset to default settings, defaults to
False
max_tmpfile_size (int or None) – maximum size of the temporary file, defaults to
None
interleaved_reading (bool) – whether to enable interleaved reading, defaults to
True
custom_indexing (bool) – whether to enable custom indexing, defaults to
False
compress_nodes (bool) – whether to compress nodes in temporary DB. defaults to
True
Examples:
>>> from pyhelpers.settings import gdal_configurations >>> gdal_configurations()
Note
This can be useful when using GDAL to parse a large PBF file. For example,
gdal_configurations()
is applied by default when importing the package pydriosm, which can be used to work with OpenStreetMap data of PBF format.