OGRTINDEX(1)                         GDAL                         OGRTINDEX(1)

NAME
       ogrtindex - Creates a tileindex.

SYNOPSIS

          Usage: ogrtindex [--help] [--long-usage] [--help-general]
                           [-lnum <n>]... [-lname <name>]... [-of <output_format>]
                           [-tileindex <tileindex>] [-write_absolute_path]
                           [-skip_different_projection] [-t_srs <srs_def>]
                           [-src_srs_name <field_name>]
                           [-src_srs_format {AUTO|WKT|EPSG|PROJ}]
                           [-accept_different_schemas]
                           <output_dataset> <src_dataset>...

DESCRIPTION
       ogrtindex program can be used to create a tileindex - a file containing
       a list of the identities of a bunch of other files along with their
       spatial extents. This is primarily intended to be used with MapServer
       for tiled access to layers using the OGR connection type.

       TIP:
          Equivalent in new "gdal" command line interface:

          See gdal vector index.

       --help Show this help message and exit

       --help-general
              Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL commandline
              options and exit.

       -lnum <n>
              Add layer number n from each source file in the tile index.

       -lname <name>
              Add the layer named name from each source file in the tile
              index.

       -f <output_format>
              Select an output format name. The default is to create a
              shapefile.

       -tileindex <field_name>
              The name to use for the dataset name. Defaults to LOCATION.

       -write_absolute_path
              Filenames are written with absolute paths

       -skip_different_projection
              Only layers with same projection ref as layers already inserted
              in the tileindex will be inserted.

       -t_srs <target_srs>
              Extent of input files will be transformed to the desired target
              coordinate reference system. Using this option generates files
              that are not compatible with MapServer < 7.2. Default creates
              simple rectangular polygons in the same coordinate reference
              system as the input vector layers.

       -src_srs_name <field_name>
              The name of the field to store the SRS of each tile. This field
              name can be used as the value of the TILESRS keyword in
              MapServer >= 7.2.

       -src_srs_format {AUTO|WKT|EPSG|PROJ}
              The format in which the SRS of each tile must be written.
              Available formats are: AUTO, WKT, EPSG, PROJ.

       -accept_different_schemas
              By default ogrtindex checks that all layers inserted into the
              index have the same attribute schemas. If you specify this
              option, this test will be disabled. Be aware that resulting
              index may be incompatible with MapServer!

       If no -lnum or -lname arguments are given it is assumed that all layers
       in source datasets should be added to the tile index as independent
       records.

       If the tile index already exists it will be appended to, otherwise it
       will be created.

RETURN STATUS CODE
       The program returns status code 0 in case of success, and non-zero in
       case of error (non-blocking errors emitted as warnings are considered
       as a successful execution).

EXAMPLES
   Example 1
       This example would create a shapefile (tindex.shp) containing a tile
       index of the BL2000_LINK layers in all the NTF files in the wrk
       directory:

          ogrtindex tindex.shp wrk/*.NTF

AUTHOR
       Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>, Silke Reimer
       <silke@intevation.de>

COPYRIGHT
       1998-2026

                                 June 5, 2026                     OGRTINDEX(1)