[GIS] How to change the field value of a specific feature in a Shapefile using GDAL/OGR

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I am trying to change the field value of a shapefile, but only in some specific features. However the code I have changes the value for all features in the shapefile. Is there any way of accessing the desired feature(s) in a simple way? This is what I have so far:

import ogr

driver = ogr.GetDriverByName('ESRI Shapefile')
file = '/home/src.shp'
dataSource = driver.Open(file, 1)
layer = dataSource.GetLayer()
feature = layer.GetNextFeature()
los = 1

while feature:
    feature.SetField("LOS", los)
    layer.SetFeature(feature)
    feature = layer.GetNextFeature()

dataSource.Destroy()

Best Answer

You're almost there. You can get a specific feature by passing its ID to the layer.GetFeature(id) method. Assuming you know the ID of the feature, you have to update your code like this:

import ogr

driver = ogr.GetDriverByName('ESRI Shapefile')
file = '/home/src.shp'
dataSource = driver.Open(file, 1)
layer = dataSource.GetLayer()
feature = layer.GetNextFeature()
los = 1
feat_id = 24  # change this for the actual ID

feature = layer.GetFeature(feat_id)
feature.SetField("LOS", los)
layer.SetFeature(feature)

dataSource.Destroy()

Remember that ID's start at 0. So the ID of the last feature of your layer would be layer.GetFeatureCount() - 1.

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