---
name: "shptreevis"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mapserver-bin"
version: "8.4.0-4+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shptreevis"
---

# shptreevis(1)

view the quadtree quadrants of a .qix file

## NAME

shptreevis - view the quadtree quadrants of a .qix file

## SYNOPSIS

FC**shptreevis**F\[0\]  *shapefile* *new\_shapefile*

## DESCRIPTION

**shptreevis** can be used to view the quadtree quadrants that are part of a .qix file (that was created with the shptree utility).

## OPTIONS

- *shapefile*

  The name of the .shp file index.

- *new\_shapefile*

  The name of the .shp file to create.

## EXAMPLE

```
FC
shptreevis us_states.shp quad.shp
This new LSB index supports a shapefile with 2895 shapes, 10 depth
      F[0]
```

Result:

A Shape data set named 'quad.shp' is created. You can now view this Shape data set in a desktop GIS (such as QGIS for example) to see the quadtrees that were created with the shptree command.

**shptreevis result displayed in QGIS**\
  ⟨http://mapserver.org/\_images/shptreevis-example.png⟩

## SEE ALSO

[**shptree**(1)](/shptree/1.md), [**shptreetst**(1)](/shptreetst/1.md), [**sortshp**(1)](/sortshp/1.md)