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A comma-separated values (CSV) file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain-text form.

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CSV rows to Polyline with OGR

I'm not sure if I can complete this operation in one step - but someone might be able to help me. My input file is a csv file with PointID, x, y, z and LineID columns. I'm looking to combine all ...
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Seek assistance with: SQL Server 2008 Query that takes values from a column in another table (or from a flat file)

I am given a list in MS Excel of 554 statistical units (called Primary Sampling Units or PSUs) from another department and have to query all 554 PSUs from a SQL Server 2008 Spatial database table ...
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How to queue FME output on the same workspace?

I have an .csv coordinate file with the following header num xc yc xmin ymin xmax ymax I want to tranform the x/y coordinates on each line of this file to lat / long ...
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Exporting data from a WFS service to csv file using qgis

I have a service that contains a list of points with some meta data and I would like to export this to a csv file. I remember doing this some months ago and it worked well, but now I can't find the ...
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Error adding a delimited text layer in QGIS [closed]

I'm a GIS beginner here. I'm trying to add a delimited text layer in QGIS. The plug-in is okay. I have created a table in Excel, saved as CSV file, imported the file with QGIS, selected the delimiters ...
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How to auto-create a schema.ini file for a .csv?

I have been given some data in a csv file, which I need to import into my ArcSDE geodatabase. ArcGIS is having problems recognizing the field types, and is not importing some data. It is recognizing ...
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Transform csv-coordinates into area

I'm working with an inventory of a species in Southern Sweden. I have recorded my findings (together with coordinates, name of the species and year of finding) and created a CSV-file with i have ...
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How to generate shape file from Excel or CSV files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I convert an excel file with x, y columns to a shapefile? Probably this could be an easy question for most of the people. But I would like to know the way to ...
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Why does QGIS not detect the CSV/DBF column headers?

I am trying to import a csv or dbf into qGIS so I can perform a join on a shapefile. However, qGIS is not detecting the first row as header names. I know I've done similar joins before and there's ...
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QGIS CSV file sorts low numbers as high

So I have numbers that range from 5 to above 50, and when I sort these from least to greatest, the numbers less than 10 are treated as higher than anything else. It also does the same when I try to ...
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What's the correct csv format for MMQGIS Join by attribute?

When trying to join attributes from CSV-file with MMQGIS, I currently get the error message: File inaccessible or in unrecognized CSV format /Netzplanung/Truck_park/trkbuspk15_2.csv Tried with ...
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Can one edit xls, and convert xls to csv - with a portable python or Perl module? [closed]

I am on a network and computer where nothing can be installed. On this computer i run portable apps through a USB, however I need also to to edit xls, and save as csv. Since i cannot install anything ...
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Adding CSV upload browse button to Ext.Action

I am trying to create a CSV File upload on GeoExt Map App. I need to place the upload function within the Ext.Action, so that I can add it to the toolbar of the GeoExt Panel. I am trying to implement ...
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Join .csv file and .shp of georeferenced points

I have georeferenced a map and saved a selection of some points on the map. These points are cities of departure and arrival and I want to join the .shp with a and excel .csv with the information of ...
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'File is too big' error when uploading QGIS Plugin

I have written a simple QGIS plugin which zooms the map canvas to a user specified UK postcode. I would like to share the plugin but the csv file, which contains stripped down OS Code-Point open data ...
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Why is my .csvt not recognized? [closed]

I am trying to associate a .csvt file with a .csv file, so QGIS doesn't insist on calling all the fields text strings (thereby preventing the use of graduated symbols). I used the syntax described by ...
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Is there a source for free CSV files with geo data and other desired fields? [closed]

I'm writing some software components that process geospatial data. The input data is a CSV with general columns (e.g. name) and geo columns (e.g. city, lat or zip). I would like to test these ...
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Placemark that pulls information off an excel sheet row and display's the data in the description part of the Placemark

I am trying to find out if a certain function is available to link an excel sheet with a kmz. What i need to happen is have a Placemark that pulls information off an excel sheet row and display's the ...
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Error 000204 using “Export Feature Attribute to ASCII” Tool on ArcGIS Server 10

I´m trying to export feature attributes to a CSV-File (on ArcGIS Server) to use them in other applications (using the "Export Feature Attribute to ASCII" Tool). While the tool is working ok in a ...
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Help with Python Update Cursor syntax

I'm having trouble running a loop to update the values in a particular field in attribute table by reading from a csv file. Any input is greatly appreciated. The following is the sample code: import ...
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GeoTool CSV to Shape Conversion Error

In the Feature Tutorial Example GeometryFactory geometryFactory = JTSFactoryFinder.getGeometryFactory(); generates error: method getGeometryFactory in class ...
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Display county for random points

I have a county level shape file for South Carolina. I generated random points using Vector->Research Tools-> Random Points. The Attribute tables for the random points layer has only the ID included. ...
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Trying to make xml data readable for Arcgis

I am trying to convert xml data into tabular form for the process of geocoding. We have the xml file with info that we are going to run through an address locator. Do I need a script for this? Can ...
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CSV and GDAL 1.10 in QGIS

It seems the GDAL upgrade from 1.9 to 1.10 changed the way CSV files are handled so that I now have a non-functioning QGIS. App hangs trying to import csv data file when previously had no problems ...
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Problem with encoding of CSV and SHP files in Linux

I am new to using QGIS. I came up against the encoding issue of shp files. This solution to solved my problem in Windows (for source I had to put windows-1253 instead of utf-8) My question is what ...
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How to configure web map data layer that can accept csv data uploaded by user?

I made this map: http://tinyurl.com/a368268 on arcgis online. How do I get the same map but instead you can upload a new csv every time? Instead of having to first add it as data layer on arcgis ...
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Error running geotools tutorial for CSV2SHP?

Although I run this tutorial I always get following error message: Nov 22, 2011 5:10:50 PM org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedPostgreSQLEpsgFactory isAvailable WARNING: ...
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Why is QGIS reading in my CSV numeric data as string data, and how do I change it? [duplicate]

QGIS keeps reading in my numeric data from .csv files as string data. This means I have to figure out how to read it in with the proper data type, or convert it back to numeric inside of QGIS, ...
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Desktop tool to batch convert Shapefils to CSV with polygon outline coordinates [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to convert .shp to .csv including attributes AND geometry? Is there a desktop tool that would allow me to take dozens of large (300MB) shapefiles and convert them ...
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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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how to make grid cells by point data

I have a csv data. the X, and Y columns show bottom left corner of each grid. It is supposed to show as grid square, but it shows points. what is the problem? and is there any way I can make cell ...
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How to script a csv to file geodatabase tool?

I have many separate field data files in CSV format and I wish to automatically convert these CSV files into a geodatabase to be able to load them into a schema I created for them in my new ArcSDE ...

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