---
name: "Shape_PointInPoly"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "shapelib"
version: "1.6.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/man/Shape_PointInPoly"
---

# Shape\_PointInPoly(1)

calculate a point in a polygon ##SYNOPSIS Shape\_PointInPoly shpfile\_path quality ##DESCRIPTION Commandline program to generate points-in-polygons from a shapefile as a shapefile. ##OPTIONS ##AUTHOR Shape\_PointInPoly was contributed to shapelib by Marko Podgorsek, shapelib is maintained by Frank Warmerdam. ##SEE ALSO dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfcreate(1), dbfdump(1), dbfinfo(1), shpadd(1), shpcentrd(1), shpcreate(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)

## NAME

**Shape\_PointInPoly** - calculate a point in a polygon

\##SYNOPSIS **Shape\_PointInPoly** *shpfile\_path* *quality*

\##DESCRIPTION Commandline program to generate points-in-polygons from a shapefile as a shapefile.

\##OPTIONS

- *shpfile\_path*

  shapefile

- *quality*

  quality of points to create

\##AUTHOR **Shape\_PointInPoly** was contributed to shapelib by Marko Podgorsek, shapelib is maintained by Frank Warmerdam.

\##SEE ALSO [**dbfadd**(1)](/man/dbfadd/1.md), [**dbfcat**(1)](/man/dbfcat/1.md), [**dbfcreate**(1)](/man/dbfcreate/1.md), [**dbfdump**(1)](/man/dbfdump/1.md), [**dbfinfo**(1)](/man/dbfinfo/1.md), [**shpadd**(1)](/man/shpadd/1.md), [**shpcentrd**(1)](/man/shpcentrd/1.md), [**shpcreate**(1)](/man/shpcreate/1.md), [**shpdump**(1)](/man/shpdump/1.md), [**shpdxf**(1)](/man/shpdxf/1.md), [**shpfix**(1)](/man/shpfix/1.md), [**shpinfo**(1)](/man/shpinfo/1.md), [**shpproj**(1)](/man/shpproj/1.md), [**shprewind**(1)](/man/shprewind/1.md), [**shptest**(1)](/man/shptest/1.md)