Questions tagged [file-path]
For questions about paths to files and folders
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Give a path of Google Drive to which Google Earth Engine should export the file to
My question is similar to this one, with the only difference that:
the question in the link above is 3 years old
I have one main Folder, inside that folder, I have 11 subfolders, and inside each of ...
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Batch replacing of layer file paths in QGIS
I reorganized my shapefiles folders. Now the layer file paths are broken.
I have tried the solutions shown in the QGIS User guide (chapter 6.2), but:
I don't want to process my layers individually ...
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Using an input string in a file path for a input vector layer in QGIS model
I am building a QGIS model to perform field calculations on a large number of .shp files containing environmental information of different waterbodies. This model should be global for the different ...
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Change path for QgsAction icon in PyQGIS
I added a QgsAction in my layer style, but when I share this style to other users, the path to the icon is written in absolute. I watched QgsAction doc (here) and it doesn't seem to be a setIconPath(),...
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In QGIS/QField, how to maintain photo attachments in a sister directory to a project? (Or, possibly, why this is a Bad Idea)
In order to not have to copy all the photos for my project every time I synchronise (which is beginning to take a significant amount of time), I would like to keep them in a separate folder, perhaps ...
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Verify feature class path in file geodatabase using GDAL with Python
Suppose I have a geodatabase in C:/MyDir/MyGDB.gdb. I am working outside of the Esri/ArcPy environment, primarily using gdal and os libraries. I want to retrieve and verify the file path of a feature ...
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Automating data-link repathing when changing folder structure for a project drive
People in our office been having a lot of "General Function Failure" errors and I have read that this can be a symptom of filename paths that are very long, which our network has, so we have ...
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Create dynamic filename, based on attribute value, for output of QGIS model
Basic idea
Every user running a model selects a folder where the output of the model, a raster, should be stored as a file. The filename should be created automatically, based on an attribute value (...
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Reading multiple rasters in folder
the rasters in that folder has dates in the naming (for eg. T43RGP_20220330T052639_NDVI) and I want the code to read the rasters one by one in the increasing order of the date.
Help me complete this ...
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Assign absolute path to single layer in QGIS
Under Project Properties, I set path savings to 'relative', as the project is used by different people and moved between network drives. Shapefiles that move with the project are correctly located in ...
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How to access some Server's folder in QGIS
Somehow access some file from server in QGIS is so easy just drop in your QGIS project. But some case you need access your server from QGIS "search directory" then your server is did not ...
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Remove partial string (folder) from File path with Python
The documentation for ArcGIS Pro for updateConnectionProperties https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.8/arcpy/mapping/updatingandfixingdatasources.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_18159CA0096044608B406CA068794E30 has ...
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Unavailable layer saved on computer as .txt file in my all projects (.qgz)
I have a problem with all my saved .qgz projects. I always worked with layers in projects only as .txt files, not saving them as shapefile, because I can make changes in .txt files (eg. add more ...
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ArcGIS Pro will not update datasource path change
I have many layers in a aprx file that need to have the path updated. I need to remove part of the string "UTARC." from the datasource path.
Through Catalag View on ArcGIS Pro, when I type ...
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Relative Path Links/Hyperlinks in ArcGIS Pro
Has anyone figured out how to use hyperlinks/relative links in ArcGIS Pro? This is what my links look like in ArcMap. The hyperlink lightning bolts are there.
Here is what it looks like in ArcGISPro:
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GDAL Clip raster by mask layer can't see files on external drive
So I am using GDAL Clip raster by mask area. I tried clipping a temporary raster to mask area and started getting errors that an error had occurred creating the output file. It seems that the issue ...
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Python error handling opening a shapefile with fiona
I've written a python script where I read a bunch of files trying to catch various errors (FileNotFound, Import), for example
try:
df = pd.read_excel(os.path.join(path_to_data, fname_data))
except ...
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FME linux path - cannot locate VRT
I am trying to transfer an FMW (FME workspace) script, using FME workbench 2020.2, from windows to linux (Redhat).
In the FMW-script there are several published parameters. Among them there are 2 ...
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QGIS 3.16.16 and Sharepoint
My company is transferring to using Sharepoint. Currently we are using a driver system.
We think we might run into the problem that paths to sources we use will be linked to our personal account of ...
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Why do I keep having to restore layer path names in QGIS?
Quite often I am having to restore the layer path names for many of my QGIS projects. The projects and the relevant shapefiles are all stored in a shared network that allows my colleagues to use and ...
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Use relative path in VRT with VSIZIP
I'm trying to load a GPKG file into QGIS by a VRT file. The vector is inside a ZIP. So I'm using the vsizip. I would like to use just relative paths. But when I try to load it, the new layer comes ...
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User database storage location (filename / path) in QGIS/Windows
I am using QGIS 3.16 and Windows 10.
I have some custom CRS (cCRS). Now, I'd like to work on my QGIS Projects at another PC and want to move my cCRS there.
According to the QGIS manual the cCRS are ...
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Repairing multiple broken layer file paths in QGIS
I have moved all my QGIS layer files from C:// drive to One Drive, and I would like to re-map the old filepaths to the new drive.
I know I can open the QGIS file as a text file and run a find and ...
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Adding multiple layers from file list or command line in QGIS
Is there a way to add multiple layers to QGIS at once from a list of paths?
I have about 150 rasters to investigate that intersect an area of interest. Their full path is collected in a text file, one ...
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Getting name of shapefile from its path with PyQGIS [closed]
I am making a Plugin and I uploaded my shp file using my shp file path, how can I extract the name of the file from it?
Example: D:/Qgis files/sub_folderName/FileName.shp
I want to save the FileName ...
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Converting files in a specific folder specified by a relative path
I am writing a script to automate the process of converting a group of rasters, the fact is that I need to set a relative path, it will be used on different pc. But there is always an error [error-...
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Create list of shapefiles names from shapefiles in a folder, if folder does not contain shapefile type, print a statement stating this [closed]
I am creating a list of shapefiles names from files in a folder:
items = os.listdir(r'E:/folder/test')
print('checking directory...')
print('your files are: ')
print()
filenames = []
for names in ...
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Passing variable to URI filepath
I want to load CSV file to QGIS. It works if I use the strings below:
uri ="file:///C:/Users/User/Desktop/Alex working/Tracks//Track.csv?delimiter={}&crs=epsg:25831&xField={}&yField={}...
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Removing old logo filepath from layout view in ArcMap
I'm using a very old MXD in ArcMap. We have a wall map set up with symbology to show one type of our strucutres. The problem is that in our legend, our old company logo file path has replaced the ...
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Cannot select input layers for the "Polygonize" tool in QGIS
I am trying to convert a raster layer to a polygon layer using QGIS 3.16. 2. When I open the polygonize tool, the program does not allow me to select any existing raster layers from the 'Input layer' ...
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Is there a way to allow user to change just the beginning of a path name in a toolbox for several parameters at once?
I am altering someone else's Python code to create a GIS tool that everyone can use. Currently, they have about 20-30 feature classes with paths to them in their code. The problem is that the ...
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Use OS-specific file dialog to relink layer when file moves?
When I move a file out from under QGIS, of course I have to tell the program where it moved to.
If you close a QGIS project and then move or rename a layer source file, you get a prompt when you ...
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Selecting file in Plugin
I want the toolbox to prompt out a file select window so that user can select the file and get the path to be used in my Plugin.
Where do I start to code since I just have:
def run(self):
"&...
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Add Specific Map Layout Name to Document Path in ArcGIS Pro
In ArcGIS Pro (using 2.6.2), the <dyn type="project" property="path"/> dynamic text only provides the path of the entire project. It does not include the actual map or layout ...
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QGIS points disappear after changing CSV file location, changing data source doesn't help
I moved my database and shape files, and wanted to relink them to my QGIS project. The shape file worked fine, but the CSV file wasn't reloading properly no matter what I tried. I could see the fields ...
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Getting path of file saved in memory or as temp file using PyQGIS
Whenever I do something like buffer in QGIS with Vector >> Geoprocessing Tools >> Buffer... the source output I get for my temporary file looks like this:
That works fine if I'm doing ...
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Filling out field with matching between existing field value and file name in QGIS
I need to fill out new fields using "Field Calculator" in QGIS.
What do I need to load in those fields?
URL's containing the path to a image file (we can use the statement 'base_file_name'). ...
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ModelBuilder layer name output is not unique
After using inline variable substitution in ArcGIS Pro ModelBuilder it generated the outputs that I wanted, but their layer names in the output were not unique. In the metadata tab, I can see that the ...
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Save processing modeler output layers to project folder/relative path?
I am building an algorithm in the processing modeler which takes a csv file as input and creates a number of vector layers as output. I would like to automatically save these layers in the same folder ...
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In ModelBuilder use Parse Path (path and name) to get output FC name
I built a model (in ArcGIS 10.6) and the Parse Path tool is working well if I using the Name type.
But I need to use the input .gdb name also into the output feature class name. e.g.
Inputs:
C:\...
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Using QGIS projects in a multi-OS environment
I am using QGIS on a variety of systems all of which access various file systems in my network, one of which contains my files, another contains my QGIS projects. Unfortunately, depending on the OS, ...
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PyQGIS in standalone scripts on Mac, import error
Following the PyQGIS Developer Cookbook to use PyQGIS in standalone scripts. Fixed the initial errors by setting the PYTHONPATH and DYLD_PYTHON_PATH to the appropriate folders but am now faced with ...
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Change layer path using PyQGIS
I have a QGIS Project with many raster layers. I need to change/repair all paths since I moved the original data to Another disk.
layer = iface.activeLayer()
old_path = r'D:/Somefolder_QGIS_200317'
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ArcGIS Pro - Open .aprx files to edit file paths
Two times a year a positional check of railway assets is performed in ArcGIS Pro for 21 different areas by receiving updated data. Every half a year in each area new data is automatically prepared in ...
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Iterate Workspace not working in ArcGIS Pro ModelBuilder
I created a model in ArcGIS Pro that will delete features (ex. drainage areas) that intersect with unfeasible landcover classes within a raster (ex. impervious). So I used the following model ...
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How to locate file path to original layers from feature layers in AGOL web map?
I was given an AGOL web map that was created by someone else within my organization that is no longer here, and I have no idea where the original editable layers in the web map exist on our network ...
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Open QGIS Project in both Linux/Windows
My company has workers that use Windows and Linux to manage a QGIS project. However, when we use the same project created in different operate systems the layers lose file paths.
Is there ...
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PermissionError : [WinError 32] --> how to close raster file handler after use?
I created a function where I access to a Raster folder and get all files CRS
for Rsubdir, Rdirs, Rfiles in os.walk(Rrootdir):
for Rfile in Rfiles:
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Changing location of plugin folder in QGIS 3?
I want to change the default location of the plugin folder in QGIS 3.
The reason is that the default location is read-only, but I want to create and use self-made plugins.
Can I change the location ...
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Set up R in QGIS 3.4 on Mac OS X
I'm trying to get R into QGIS on my mac. I've installed the plugin "Processing R Provider plugin" but I can't "get R scripts from online scripts collection". It has something to do with the all caps "...
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