[Feature] "GIS File output / input" plugin with OGR (GDAL)?

[sfkeller]

Although the Hop plugins "GIS File Output" and "GIS File Input" already exist, OGR (GDAL) is a widely used translation library written in C++ that support writing and reading many more vector geodata formats, APIs and databases.

There are Java wrappers/bindings for C++ OGR (https://gdal.org/en/stable/java/org/gdal/ogr/package-summary.html) to the native OGR libraries (.dll, .so). These native OGR libraries must be preinstalled on the system and available in the system path (which makes installation more complicated, I know).

Have you also thought about such a plugin?

Alternatives:

See above.

Has the feature been requested before?

AFAIK no.

If the feature request is approved, would you be willing to submit a PR?

Probably yes.

[sfkeller]

FYI: Two students under my supervision are working on a PR for this issue.