A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. Often referred to as 'an ESRI shapefile', as ESRI developed it.
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QGIS rounds up the coordinates to six decimals when saving layer changes
I have the problem that when I create a new point (in a point layer) or a new line (in a line layer of course) and I save the changes to the layer (so NOT the project save) then QGIS rounds up the ...
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Help building SQL query to get a list of streets of a city
From two layers in PostGIS (osm_places and osm_roads), I would need to have the roads belonging to a certain city.
It would be fair enough to get the street names of all streets in a radius of X ...
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How to append a vector layer using Qgis and Python?
I am working on scripting some data processing using Qgis and Python, but I'm running across issues that I need to debug. Since my data is really large, and run-times can be lengthy, I would like to ...
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Splitting a shapefile into many shapefiles with open source
I want to create a shapefile for each of the 72,000 census tracts in the United States that includes the census blocks in that tract using open source software.
I will probably start with a state ...
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QGis creating shape file of several points out of two Excel sheets
I am about to create a Qgis file on which it should be visible which companies are working together. As source I have got two Excel Tables.
Table = Distribution Centers
Table = Point of sales
I ...
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Dynamic style for a shapefile
I need to create a large number of small shapefiles (census block boundaries for the entire US).
I want to color them based on a value (several different race values). I'd also like to offer ...
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Arcpy CreateUniqueName usage: keep original input names
This is a continuation of the question I asked here:
At this point I'm really just trying to get everything in one place and keep the original shapefile basename. I'll tackle merging like-named ...
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Is there any converter tool working for Arcinfo .adf format? [duplicate]
I have a thousand of Arcinfo file in ADF format. Can I convert it to SHP in batch? Is there any converter can able to convert all ADF to one SHP? Please suggest.
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How to dissolve polygons and aggregate their data in QGIS? [duplicate]
I have a shapefile (one layer) with my country but I have a problem.
It is divided into 4 entries (prefectures), and I want it as one, not 4.
Also, there is a table with some data, and I want to ...
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How to programmatically add shapefile to data frame in Arcmap
I have a toolbox with python script which creates a shapefile from JSON txt file, but it does not show the generated shapefile in arcmap, i have to add it from the output location. What code shall I ...
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Writing iso19139 compliant xml metadata from a spreadsheet
I am looking at a way to migrate the metadata from a spreadsheet into iso19139 compliant xml metadata documents for a collection of shapefiles. I can parse the data out of the spreadsheet into strings ...
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BBox missing when converting TIGER to GeoJSON
I can't get the bounding boxes of polygons if TIGER/Line shape files when converting them to GeoJSON using FWTools. The other default information is present and there is no difference between the ...
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Raster and shp overlap not working with user CRS mercator
I created a GeoTiff raster in python, that is projected with the following CRS:
*"+proj=merc +lon_0=34.9586601257 +k=1 +x_0=-0 +y_0=1453756.01544 +a=6370997 +b=6370997 +units=m +no_defs"*
When I load ...
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From OSM to shape. Parsing problem
I'm working at OpenStreetMap project for android at the moment. I want to retrieve OSM data from my app(nodes, markers and paths) and convert it to shape file (.shp, .dbf and .shx). Later, I'll load ...
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Reprojecting Natural Earth “Admin 0 – Countries” shapefile to Web Mercator
I haven't received a reply posting this same question on the Natural Earth forums, so I figured I'd give it a try here.
I’m trying to reproject the 1:10m "Admin 0 – Countries" shapefile into a Web ...
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QGIS - Intersect two shape files
I need to create a new shapefile from two existing shapefiles with QGIS. The original shapefiles are both for the US and contain the borders of congress districts in different years (the borders ...
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Determine minimum number of polygons from shapefile to cover an area of interest
I have a large number shapefiles representing areas of interest for an analysis that will be conducted using various sources of satellite imagery (IKONOS, RapidEye, etc.). Unfortunately, the imagery ...
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Download Shapefile from Geoserver removing some columns
Is there anyway I can download shapefile from GeoServer at the same time limit which columns will be downloaded? I know that GeoServer can serve different WFS format and this includes .SHP files. My ...
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How to find out the co-ordinate system using .prj file
I'm very new to GIS concepts. Is there a way or procedure of finding out whether the co-ordinate system is in UTM, latitude/longitude or in stateplane using .prj file?
My .prj file contains the ...
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How to convert shapefile to tpk using python(ArcGIS 10.1)?
I'd like to convert shapefile to tpk using Arcpy.I surf in ArcGIS 10.1 help but i couldn't find any desire reference to help me . How can i convert shapefile to tpk using arcpy ? which function i need ...
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ArcGIS Server geoprocessing service examples for shapefile data export
I have a web application client built using ArcGIS Server Manager which is currently showing a single map composed by three data layers. The map data are provided as a map service by my ArcGIS Server ...
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Import shp geography data to SQL Server from C#
I have a set of shape files that I am attempting to read in C#.
My question is not the tabular .dbf data but the geography data (i.e. polygons and lines). How would I insert this data into a ...
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How to convert CAD Annotation to Shapefile with attributes?
How to add AutoCAD Mtext to GIS attribute table using FME?
What transformer I should use? The reader file in CAD and I want to transform it to GIS Shapefile. In this case I want to expose the ...
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Combining shape files and exporting
I am new to QGIS and I need to know if if is possible to merge 2 shapefiles that do not have a common field and then export to Excel.
Example of shapefiles:
Countries broken up in to Municipality ...
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How to intersect shape files with elevation models?
I have a high resolution digital elevation model (DEM) and a line shape file displaying a bycicle track. The DEM has 1 meter resolution. The line shape is something like 25 km long.
What I need is a ...
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Saving part of OSM shapefile in QGIS as GeoJSON strips 'name' field to 25 characters long [duplicate]
I want to copy part of OSM data in ESRI Shapefile (downloaded from http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/ukraine.html ) and save in in GeoJSON to style later in Tilemill.
After saving, I see that ...
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Why does upload KML to Google Fusion Table error with “can't parse kml”?
While trying to create a fusion table it gives error "can't parse kml". Any idea what does it mean??
This KML I created from a shapefile, before it always worked...
The kml has about 700kb and ...
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Downloading Vector Data for a Specific Path/Row
I've two questions about downloading vector data of a specific place. I've used glovis.usgs.gov and earthexplorer.usgs.gov for downloading ETM+ images and they are very helpful about raster files. I ...
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How to create feature LineString in a Polygon shape file layer (OGR/GDAL)?
I used below codes to create ShapeFile layer
OGRDataSource *poDS, *poSHPDS;
OGRLayer *poSHPLayer;
......
poSHPLayer = poSHPDS->CreateLayer (shpFileName, NULL, wkbPolygon , NULL);
And I ...
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How to resize shapefile features proportionally in QGIS?
In Quantum GIS (1.8.0-Lisboa) on Windows (OSGeo4W Install), how exactly would you resize a feature proportionally.
The only way I've found to do this is by hand using either the Freehand Editing ...
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ArcGIS 10 Model Builder: how to select features in layer using their statistics (stdev and mean) of the dataset
I am trying to solve following problem. I need to select features from the shapefile by attribute in Model builder. The attribute should be a statistics which you can calculate by the tool :"Summary ...
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How to load a ESRI shape file in android [duplicate]
I have created a shape file containing an indoor map of a building.
I want to show it in an android interface(preferably in a web view).
My Questions:
How can i do this?
What are the libraries and ...
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How to add Shapefile to map?
How to Add Shapefile to map in ArcGIS Silverlight application runtime ?
I published the shapefile feature as map service on arcgis server and consumed it my SL Application through the service Url ...
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Geoserver - empty native SRS field
I'm converting layers from shape files to postgis with the below command:
shp2pgsql -s 22175 -c -W "latin1" path/file.dbf' table_name db_name | psql -d db_name
Next, I add this layer to the ...
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how to join shape files and 2 attribute tables with similar data in it without replicating them in qgis [closed]
pls help..!!! as Iam working for a college project in a group where all the group mates have created similar type of map in diff shape files, now we need to merge them. But the tables are replicating.
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Automate SHP to JPG creation
Does anyone know of a way to batch convert shapefiles to jpegs or another common image format?
edit: I should have clarified that I would like to apply a styling to each shapefile, and then export ...
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Problem with showing Shape file in Geoserver
I have a number of Shape files from a customer.
I can read them with both ogrinfo and QGIS.
They don't have a prj-file, but I know that the projection is EPSG:3006.
When I add them as layers in ...
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How do I add my own map layers to Leaflet
I have a Leaflet map and want to add two of my own small polygon layers (currently in shapefile format, but they could be converted to GeoJSON). Can this be done without a mapserver to publish them ...
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Shp2pgsql - exec() not allowed on external server
Me and my collegue are using the shp2pgsql and psql commands in php code (a Drupal module to be precise).
We put these commands in a php variable and use the exec() command to execute them. This ...
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Can't convert geometry from Dgn file to Shape file?
I am using below codes to try convert geometry from a Dgn file to Shape file. But, I can't exit the Feature reading loop. Are there anyone know why and how to fix it ? Please download the dgn file ...
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Asking about Convert Dgn to Shp and OGRLayer::SetSpatialFilter
I used the this function: ConvertDgnToShp
to convert my dgn file to shp file. But, after converting, I can't select(chose) the small polygon (that is contained in another polygon, I used ArcMap to ...
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Is there a browser/management view in QGIS?
Is there a browser/management view in QGIS 1.8 so that I can manipulate shapefiles and others (such as geo tiffs, etc.) like in ArcCatalog? Maybe a plugin? Right now I have to use my system's file ...
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QGIS Crashes when I try and overwrite a shapefile using QgsVectorFileWriter.writeAsVectorFormat (QGIS 1.8, MacOS 10.7.5)
I'm somewhat new to this, and working on a plugin.
My plugin will create a points memory layer, which is then written out as a shape file using QgsVectorFileWriter.writeAsVectorFormat.
self.writer = ...
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Use FME to delete records from PostGIS before loading new records
I have some shapefiles. Each shapefile contains the data on a topic for a county. I have data for 26 counties.
In the filename of the shapefile, the county ID is given.
I load these shapefiles into ...
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Extract parcel layers from vector pdf
So, I have an interesting problem... I have a PDF file which has over 100 pages and each of these pages is displaying a map in vector format.
By using some third party program I was able to find out ...
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Python GDAL/OGR: WGS84 & meters units
I'm dealing with shapefiles projected in:
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",
DATUM["WGS_1984",
SPHEROID["WGS_84",6378137,298.257223563]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
...
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how to overlay shapefile and raster?
I have a shapefile with polygons. And I have a global raster file. I want to overlay the shapefile's polygons onto the raster grid and calculate the mean raster value for each polygon.
How can I do ...
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Open shape file in ArcGIS Runtime WPF SDK as Graphics/Feature layer
I googled and followed this tutorial
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=953a530ada30477d95cc69e788268bc9 and figured out how to import Shape files and Rasters into Runtime.
However, it seems ...
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Convert shapes in CSV to shape file
I have a csv file in which one of the fields contains a "shape" polygon in ESRI format. The other fields are textual, numerical, ext.
How do I go about creating a layer from only the polygons in the ...
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Looking for a GeoJSON describing the french departments
Is there any place where I could find a GeoJson describing the borders of the french departments, or do I have to convert a .shp file?
