"Convert" usually tags questions where a change of physical file format or of coordinate representation is needed.
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Exporting arcgis features with attachments
Arcgis 10 features the new ability to add attachments to individual features to feature classes stored in a geodatabase. One use of this would be to add multiple pictures to a specific location, fire ...
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Latitude and Longitudes are replaced with zeros when importing excel 2007 worksheet into personal geodatabase
I am trying to import an Excel 2007 data set into a personal geodatabase so I can convert coordinate systems. The data set includes point locations in Decimal Degrees. When I import the Excel ...
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How can I export a shapefile to netCDF?
I have a shapefile of the worlds biomes
Terrestrial Ecoregional Boundaries Shapefile (TNC), 12/14/09, 50MB download from available from http://conserveonline.org/workspaces/ecoregional.shapefile
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Shapefile attributes to Autocad Annotation
How can I export the attribute information for the shapefile/feature class to Autocad Annotation/Text. I'm able to export the shapefile to autocad but unable to get the attributes in annotation. Need ...
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Why is “Convert Graphics toe Features” grayed out in a dataframe that has georeferenced layers?
I have brought two graphics, a species range and a heatmap, into a dataframe and georeferenced them using control points. I rectified them and now I want to clip one with the other but I can't get ...
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How to convert WMS to SHP?
I'm looking for tool that will be convert WMS to vector layer.
Are they ready tool?(for example in python)
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How can I import geometries from an invalid GML quickly?
I have the following gml geometry :
<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" srsName="EPSG:2154">
<gml:exterior>
<gml:LinearRing>
<gml:posList ...
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1answer
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Shapefile to MSSQL with ogr2ogr fails to make connection
I am using ogr2ogr from OSGeo4W on my Windows 7 box to import a shapefile into a SQL Server database on one of my servers. I was able to successfully complete the conversion using shp2sqlserver, but I ...
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Convert X Y Pixels to Easting Northing
Hopefully someone can help.
I'm trying to find out what the formula would be to convert the X, Y of an image to the Easting and Northing coordinates.
I've downloaded some of the raster maps from OS ...
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csv to kml converter
Does anyone know a workable and stable program which converts csv extension files to kml?
There are many tools available online but none of them worked for me.
I tried many including
sourceforge
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How to create lines from points pair coordinates with arcpy?
I've got some points pair coordinates (start and end points) which I have to transform into lines. Until now, I used an append of both the coordinates in a pippo.Point(), a pippo.CalculateGeometry() ...
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Extraction of DEM from netCDF file into ASCII XYZ format
I need to extract a DEM of a waterbody from a netCDF file so I can ultimately convert the DEM into xyz format. I'm not sure how to go about doing this, and so far, I have tried to create raster layers ...
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Shapefiles to Text
How can I convert a shape file (GIS) to text?
or, How can I extract the information in a shape file?
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How to convert a png with known bounds from Plate Carree to Mercator with GDAL
I have a png image that shows the region defined by the geo bounds UpperLat, LeftLon, BottomLat, RightLon (in degrees & -ve for West Lon and South Lat) in Plate Carree EPSG:4326. I want to convert ...
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2answers
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How to convert GRIB-1 to GRIB-2?
I need to get data for my database from some GRIB files (binary), I downloaded wgrib2, which can export GRIB-2 files to .csv and csv is very suitable for me, but some GRIB files are GRIB-1, so I used ...
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How to find the proper coordinate reference system with two sets of data using different measurements or too convert one system into another
I have two different entries of data in two different spread sheets. One of the spread sheets uses a coordinate reference system that I have no idea what the units of measurement are. the properties ...
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Finding centrelines from polygons?
I was wondering if there is a way to create centre lines from polygons in QGIS? I have a polygon layer, but ideally need the centrelines as a separate file.
Thanks,
Alan
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How to use GDAL to convert Int16 data to Byte
I have some data with Int16 bands in HDF format.
I want to convert this to Byte bands in GeoTIFF format.
The data range for the Int16 is -2000 to 12000, so I want to map this to the Byte range 0 to ...
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How to convert Lat/Long to UTM using Proj(4j) similar to JScience UTM.latLongToUTM?
I'd like to use Proj(4j) to convert between UTM and Lat/Long coordinates.
I used to use JScience for UTM <-> LatLong conversions like this:
UTM.latLongToUtm(latlong, ReferenceEllipsoid.WGS84);
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372 views
FME - Convert DWG to JPG
I am a beginner in Safe FME and i need to know how to Convert DWG files to JPG Files. Is it possible?
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How do I convert many .dxf files to one gdb file?
I am using ArcView and ArcCatalog 9.2 with the Data Interoperability extension and I have 159 .dxf files that are comprised of 6 files; a dessin DAO, an annotation DAO, a multipatch DAO; a point DAO, ...
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importing wayoints from wpt files (Ozi)
I do not succeed in importing waypoints from Ozi files (extension .wpt). I tried both converting through GPS-Babel to XML (.gpx) and importing in QGIS with the GPS-tool. Both times set to WGS 84, as ...
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where do I download POIs from Wikipedia? placeopedia used to have them but is now gone
I am trying to improve OpenStreetMap in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
A way I am doing this is to add temple locations. I hear that there is a dataset of temple locations available from Wikipedia (presumably ...
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How to Convert Long/Lat from Excel into shapefile? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I convert an excel file with x, y columns to a shapefile?
Possible duplicate,
How can I convert an excel file with x, y columns to a shapefile?
How do I ...
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1answer
792 views
How to convert shapefile labels to graphics (in ArcMap 10)?
I have a shapefile that represents contours. Because I have clipped the contours to the map boundary they are broken in several places. Now that I have labeled the contours there are labels that are ...
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1answer
225 views
Is it possible to convert a Geoserver SLD to Quantum QML format?
I have a web application which runs on Geoserver. I am migrating my application to desktop and am struck at applying the same color schemes and symbology. I am not able to find a way to convert SLDs ...
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1answer
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How to typecast from MULTIPOLYGON to MULTIPOLYGONM (force XY multipolygon into XYM)
I need to merge several databases, where the destination table has a constraint checking for MULTIPOLYGONM in the geometry column.
At some source tables, the geometry column is in the XY form ...
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How to convert FROM Navit to PostGis or SHP?
I have a Navit BIN file which I want to use in PostGis or QGis, so I need to import it to PostGis or convert it to a shapefile. I have found a lot of information on how to convert data TO the Navit ...
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1answer
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clipped data not going into the folder
I created a model in python that clips and converts different data sets into DWG based on the the grid number. I will like the DWG data (Output) to go into the folder I created as part of the ...
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How do you format an OGR VRT file to best convert a CSV to KML?
I am attempting to get a nice KML for simple review of POI/geocoding from a CSV. I a using ogr2ogr and a vrt. You can see the vet file below, with two attempts to get this right.
Basically, the issue ...
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Converting feature class with domains to SHP file
I have a feature class which has coded value domain associated with it. The code and the description are different. For example, I have coded value domain for pipe diameter. For pipe diameter of 8" I ...
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Exporting vector to kml with ogr2ogr without extended data
If I convert a shapefile as kml in QGIS, GRASS or ogr2ogr directly, defining the name and/or description field with the -dsco tag, all columns in the attribute table of the input layer are exported to ...
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Character encoding for Oracle DB and Geoserver
I have a setup that uses Oracle database->GeoServer->OpenLayers->my JavaScript.
I use the UTF-8 character set in GeoServer and the JavaScript layers.
The Oracle instance is configured to use WIN1252 ...
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Character encoding support in geodatabases and shapefiles
I've got several geodatabases that include feature classes with Greek letters in a lot of the attributes. When I try exporting a feature class as a shapefile from ArcCatalog, the attributes are ...
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Batch convert ipaddress to coordinates [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Advice on geocoding IP addresses
I am wondering if there are any applications that will batch convert ipaddress to geographic coordinates? Some background on the ...
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how to open layers with multiple geometry types in qgis?
I recently had some difficulties opening some MapInfo TAB vector layers in QGIS because each MapInfo layer contained two different geometry types: point and line. The MapInfo layers had originally ...
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How to convert Distance, Azimuth, Dip to XYZ?
I have an excel spreadsheet with header and survey drill data. Header data contains hole ID, and location coordinates, and the survey data contains related downhole survey with Distance, Azimuth and ...
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Spidertracks to GIS
I have some data that will be comming to me from helicopter flights and was recorded with Spidertracks software. Does anyone know how to convert flight tracks from 'Spidertracks' gps flight tracks ...
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Programs to log NMEA on Nomad 900?
I am interested in logging NMEA data on a Trimble Nomad 900. Unfortunately the SatViewer records a maximum of 64,000 characters, too little for my application. I don't want to have to purchase ...
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Trouble when georeferencing CAD files in ArcMap
I've definitely got at least a couple of grey hairs while trying to convert some dwg. files to shapefiles. I've seen that this subject has been disscused a lot, but hope someone will have the ...
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Creating shape file from file with coordinates
How can I make a shape file of an csv file with coordinates?
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How to decode Magellan URL coordinates to lat/lon
Magellan uses this URL to designate a coordinate in New York:
mgn:///address/?coord=merwFvlqbM,name=Viva%20Herbals%20Pizzeria,number=179,street=2nd%20Avenue,city=New%20York,country=US
How can I ...
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Converting GeoExplorer gps data points
I have been given what I'm told are differential corrected gps points (DGPS) and asked to convert them to something usable in current GIS (e.g. Arcgis, Qgis).
They have names like R081320a.cor, ...
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How to generate xml for use with geoxml3
I have a kml and shp I would like to convert to an xml to use with geoxml3. How would I go about doing such a thing? the xml I gen should look something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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Conversion of ASTER GDEM data for CFD Analysis
I need to do a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of wind over a large area of land. I have obtained the necessary tiles from the ASTER GDEM data set (in .tif format) and was wondering how I ...
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Export georeferenced image overlay from KML?
How might one export image(s) from image overlays in a KML file to a standard geo-referenced raster format like geotiff?
Use case: NASA's Earth Observatory has a time series of the changing Athabasca ...
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PHP MGRS Conversion Formula/Library
Currently, the formula I'm using to convert MGRS to Lat/Long and vice versa is giving me slightly different results than most other conversion utilities. It's usually between 10 to 30 feet off. This ...
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Adding distance in meters to a wgs84 coordinate [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Algorithm for offsetting a latitude/longitude by some amount of meters
I have a wgs84 coordinates(two double figures). Then I need to add some distance in meters to the ...
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Convert GeoPDF to a vector format
I want to convert a GeoPDF that has vectors entity in it to a vector format and preserve the real coordinates of these vectors. The GeoPDF has been exported from ArcMap and has layers in it.
I have ...
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Features to 3D from 2D in QGIS
Is there a way to convert 2D features to "3D" features in QGIS? I know there is a way to do this in ArcMap by using an attribute value in the attribute table, but I am looking to do this with ...
