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How to convert image of map into vector format?

What is the best way of converting a gif of a map into a vector format, such as a shapefile? The only relevant parts that I am interested in are the outline of the island so I realize some manual ...
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How to “clean” and vectorize a raster map?

I'd like to make use of a geological map as shown in the example below, which is only a pretty small and downsized part of the map, so editing/redrawing doesn't seem to make sense in the end. My idea ...
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View data of a particular year in Google Earth

For my region in India, Google Earth tiles belong to different years, 2003 - 2010. I don't mean GE's historical view feature but the imagery updates for different areas my region. I classify Landsat ...
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Spatial statistics tools : clustering analysis on raster data

I've an apparently simple problem, but i can't find a clear methodology to use. I'm tasked to delimit "urban areas" by vector convex polygons, using the Gridded Population of the World dataset from ...
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Generalize large polygon-file

I have a large polygone file with landuse information (6 classes). Its vectorised from a raster classification so the polygons are all angular. Any of my tries to generalize with v.generalize (sneaks, ...
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Raster to vector conversion

I have a bunch of raster maps from a general plan of a city. Examples: Areas reserved for federal, regional and municipal buildings Special land use zones Zoning Risks of occurrence of emergencies ...
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How to smooth large vector polygons from Raster

I have a landuse classification raster file (6 classes) of a large area. But I need it in vector polygons so I vectorised it. No problem so far, but the result is - of course - that every pixel is ...
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Calc bottomline of valleys

Which way do I calculate bottomlines of valleys or even more preceise: which way do I "find" valleys (for example suggested tectonic faults). Sample below shows a height profile (profile from line) ...
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How to generalize and vectorize a LandUseClassification raster file?

I want to vectorize that rasterfile with its 6 landuse classes. The classification is very noisy and have to be generalized before. The result should be a polygone vector file. I use SAGA, (GRASS) ...
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Convert image in KMZ to polygon

I have a KMZ file that contains several image overlays (RF coverage plots). I would like to convert the image overlays to polygons to decrease loading time in Google Maps. Currently I'm tracing a ...
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How to convert jpg file to shapefile?

I am developing a GIS application like this: By now my steps are: I have got a jpg file, 5040 x 8179 dimension. In this map, the roads, rivers, towns etc. are marked. I am using .Net to develop ...
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Selecting and extracting data from TIFF files

I have some tiff files (2 for example) and a shapefile. The real format of the tiff files is geoTiff. I want to get the points inside the shape boundary. Each point should have 4 parameters: ...
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ArcInfo Grid ASCII to ESRI Shapefile conversion

I have an ArcGIS grid ascii file (Ramankutty Cropland at 5 minute resolution) that begins as follows: ncols 4320 nrows 2160 xllcorner -180 yllcorner -90 cellsize ...
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Raster to Shapefile (Polygon)

Have you experienced converting a polygon from raster? The raster dataset is a satellite image created from zonal statistics? The problem is when I was converting the raster to polygon errors came out ...
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2answers
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River drain: r.watershed to vector is not working

I want to vertorize the result of r.watershed (accumulation). After using r.to.vect I got the message that I have to use r.thin before. So I did, but the message comes again and again. What I am ...
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Convert 3-band raster imagery to distinct vector zones in ArcGIS

So much like the title says I would like to convert a 3-band infrared image TIF file of vegetation into distinct vector feature zones using ArcGIS. I'm guessing the only way to do this is with ...
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How to vectorize a Raster-Classification? (qgis, grass)

I classified my raster-DHM into elevation levels using colormap. Its not a "real" classification, just a colormap. So I cant vectorize the classes to get polygones for every class. Whats the best ...
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How to make mapable geo data from a solid jpg/png

I have a bunch of hardiness zones, as you can see here: http://mangoly.herokuapp.com/workroom/googlemaps/zones/ They are solid colored PNG images. I know the geo coordinates of the bottom left hand ...