A comma-separated values (CSV) file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain-text form.
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importing coordinates via a csv file does not work
I tried to manually add point data via a CSV file to an empty project in QGIS 1.8.0. The points do show up all right with the correct coordinates, but already the scale is not correct (using the ...
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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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'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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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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Csv to Shp conversion? [duplicate]
I am working on a really big script right now where I have a csv file that I have removed rows and columns from, and edited the headers. I need to create one big shapefile for the entire csv file then ...
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QGIS import polygons in CSV
QGIS 1.8 on Mac: I'm hoping to migrate several dozen local maps from my 30 year old Win3.1 plotting system to QGIS. Polygons are in X,Y (CSV), first point repeated at the end to close it, with ...
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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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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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How to change a CSV layer attribute value from text to number?
I read in a CSV file for linking to a .shp file. All the variables that are just numbers came in as text. How do I change the text variables to numeric in QGIS?
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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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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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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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How do I plot data stored in an attribute table (really in a database) in qgis
I have a csv of UK postcodes from Ordnance Survey that looks like
SE1 0AA,10,531869,179427,E92000001,E19000003,E18000007,E09000028,E05000536
When I import to QGIS using 'Add Delimited Text Layer', ...
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Best method to convert CSV file of lat/lon and depth data to bathymetry polygon?
I'm trying to create bathymetry polygons based on lat/long and depth data. I have tried several methods and the resulting polygons are clunky.
Make XY Event Layer-->Copy Features--> Project-->
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In arcgis 10 how can I turn a csv file into a point shape file using lat/long data within the csv?
Greetings everyone! I have a csv file that is 133mb in size and has over 1.3 million lines of data. Each line of data has its own lat/long and I was wondering what would be the best way to display ...
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encoding problem with QGIS 1.8 and CSV import
I have following problem with QGIS 1.8. Lisboa (standalone installer, Win 7 Pro 64bit) - I import CSV - text in CP1250 separated with ";" and using "," as decimal separator.
I correctly set the ...
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Failed attempt to relate a .csv file of 400 records to a single record in a point data layer
I have the Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network as a point feature of 39 monitoring wells which includes an attribute for WELL ID. Each monitoring well then has a corresponding .csv file with 400 ...
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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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Plot csv data on a map
My boundaries shape file has the following attributes; CODE, PROVINCE, AREA, SHAPE_LENG and SHAPE_AREA (note that there are no geo- coordinates). My data on the csv file has the following fields; ...
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Importing Lat/Long coordinates as CSV file & only displaying single point in QGIS
I am using QGIS and trying to import Lat/Long coordinates as delimited text layer. All points show up in my attribute table, however, only one point is displayed on the map? Any ideas?
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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 convert coordinates in a .csv into another CRS in QGIS
How can I convert coordinates which are stored in a csv and in a certain format in a different CRS, i. e. I want to convert GK 3 (EPSG:31467) into WGS 84 (EPSG:4326).
I am using QGIS and already ...
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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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How to convert a point grid to a raster?
If I load the original .csv file, I then have a map of the African continent represented by 14069 data points covering it at 40x40km resolution. Each data point shows solar radiation means across the ...
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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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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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How to add point coordinates to a non geo-referenced csv file?
I have a csv file with information but not georeferenced. I'd like to load it in QGIS and add points (with coordinates) in the same file and later save as a shapefile. Is there any way to doing that ...
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Use csv file as raster file and stitch them together
I'm having an issue trying to stitch together 100 32bit Tiff files (coming from thermal imagery video and extracted as 32bit Tiff).
I used Hugin to mosaic the pictures extracted from the video which ...
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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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How to export Polygons to CSV with coordinates?
I am very new to QGIS, so please bear with me.
I have a ".shp" file, which is contains a set of boundaries for suburbs of Australia. I opened it to QGIS and I would like to export it into a CSV file ...
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What is XYZ format in QGIS?
Basic question, but I have been asked to export data to an XYZ format. Is this the same as CSV files.
I am using QGIS 1.8.0. So i am presuming i select the data I want to export, right click its ...
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How to best prepare CSV files for use in ArcGIS?
I wonder if there are any recomendations how to properly prepare CSV files for use in ArcGIS. I ask because I have some troubles using CSV files because ArcGIS attributes wrong field types to my ...
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Why are some columns not recognized as numeric even though I have a CSVT?
I have problems importing a .csv file.
Some Values of the file are not supposed to be formated in text style, but in number style, thus i created an additional .csvt file like explained here.
Both ...
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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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How to export only certain columns to a CSV file in ArcGIS?
I've written a python script using arcpy which outputs a polygon feature class into a File Geodatabase. I have added a function to export the attributes to a separate CSV file. I am using the code ...
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Create a csv with geometry as WKT in QGIS (and choosing the field delimiter)
Is there a way to choose the field delimiter when exporting to CSV with geometry as wkt in QGIS?
I have a shapefile with donut holes and I'd like to export it as a CSV. It's for a partner whose DB ...
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Import CSV: Is there a cap for number of row
I am trying to import several CSV files which contain more than 1,000 rows respectively.
However, but only 129 records were only imported each file.
Can't see any options that deal with this?
I am ...
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How can I create a portable script for coordinate conversions to run from USB?
I would like to be able to convert Lat long values in wgs84 to the swedish RT90, the values are in CSV files under headings X and Y. I would like to have this portable, an eg runned in a script in ...
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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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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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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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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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OGR to read from oracle, and then write a CSV
I need to read an Oracle (not spatial) table with OGR.
I have no problem with ogrinfo. I use this command:
ogrinfo -ro OCI:user/password -sql "select * from HR.EMPLOYEES"
I have this kind of ...
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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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How do you create a CSVT on a Mac?
I am working with QGIS on a Mac, and understand the process for importing a CSV file. But I do not know how to create the CSVT file to define the CSV file's data types. Can someone please instruct me ...
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OGR Shapefile to CSV: Using Python to get WKT for multipart Polys.
Using ogr2ogr and python, I'm running into a wall with trying to create a csv with WKTs for a shapefile that contains multipart polygons. Currently this is this code I'm using (found it on interweb):
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From text data create a FeatureClass with table with python
I'm searching how the output of one program (text file with some writings, but also with data as numbers, dates, times, coordinates, all separated with commas) can be transformed to a Feature Dataset.
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Using the python shape library: pyshp - how to convert .csv file to .shp
I am trying to understand how I can use the csv module in python to open a csv file in the same folder as the python script, and then create a shapefile using the shapefile module pyshp.
The csv file ...
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How to export highlighted features from attribute table to an excel file?
When i selected some portion of the map in QGIS, in the attribute table the selected features gets highlighted...
How to export the highlighted features from attribute table to an excel file ...
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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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