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Common Operational Datasets

code-detect

Find problems in the unit codes of one coded layer.

topo-tools code-detect [OPTIONS] INPUT_FILE [ISSUES_FILE]

Checks every level’s codes: blank codes, a code with more than one name, a finest-level code on more than one polygon, a code that does not start with its parent’s code, and a code shaped unlike the rest of its level. Writes the problems found without changing the layer, even when there are none. ISSUES_FILE defaults to INPUT_FILE with a “_code_issues” suffix, as Parquet with each unit’s geometry, or CSV for a .csv name.

  • --name-field TEXT: Name column of each level, with {n} for the level number, e.g. ‘adm{n}_name’. Give it with --code-field. Without both, levels are detected from the data.
  • --code-field TEXT: Code column of each level, with {n} for the level number, e.g. ‘adm{n}_code’. Give it with --name-field. Without both, levels are detected from the data.
  • --overwrite BOOLEAN: Replace output files that already exist. Pass --overwrite=false to stop with an error instead. [default: True]
  • --threads INTEGER: Number of threads DuckDB uses (default: all CPU cores).
  • --debug: Keep intermediate tables, export them to Parquet, and log the time and memory each query takes.
  • --tmp-dir TEXT: Folder for the working DuckDB database and intermediate files (default: a new temporary folder, deleted afterwards unless --debug is set).
  • --step [inputs|levels|checks|outputs]: Run only this step of the tool, for debugging.

Basic run, report named automatically:

Terminal window
topo-tools code-detect admin3.parquet

Explicit level columns:

Terminal window
topo-tools code-detect admin3.parquet admin3_code_issues.parquet \
--name-field adm{n}_name --code-field adm{n}_pcode