[Geotools-gt2-users] Filtering Shapefiles

[Christiaens J. <jch...@ax...>]

Hi all,
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Is there a tool available somewhere that can filter a large shapefile to =
a smaller shapefile based on a filter (the bounding box of the view the =
user wants to see)
The program should be a java library (preferred). In this way, I try to =
reduce the size and so, the downloading time to the client (java-applet =
+ GT1).
Anyone any idea of such a tool (shapfile filter/clipper + shapfile =
writer)
In the ideal case, this would be a server that takes a request for a =
map, filters the map to the bbox of the user and returns this data in =
shp format.
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Thanks a lot,
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Jeroen Christiaens
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So the only data that should be retained is the data that is within the =
bbox,
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Large shp
      +              --->       [program/server] ------> new (small) =
shapefile
bound.box