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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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Quick OSM Save As Shapefile error "Can't create field"
The DBF format of the shapefile attribute table generally forces to cut the filed names after 10 characters. If you have fields service_time and service_times, this will create the error you got. … Changing the file type from shapefile to sqlite, geopackage or geojson solves your problem, and will preserve the original field names from OSM. …
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Need help creating Europe reference grid map using EEA shape and spatialite files
I'm afraid you are looking at the wrong datasource. The linked files only contain square grids in resolution of 1, 10 and 100km, and no boundaries as shown in the picture.
Maybe NUTS regions are what …
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How to "hardcode" a shapefile's CRS?
I suggest to disable On-the-fly-reprojection in QGIS. If the data looks good then, it works ok with Mason too.
And make sure to switch Settings -> Options -> CRS, CRS for new layers to Prompt for CRS …
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Help converting a WKT projection to proj4
The shapefile you linked has this .prj file content:
PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_Massachusetts_Mainland_FIPS_2001_Feet",
GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",
SPHEROID["GRS …
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Shape layer turns non-editable if saved filtered
QGIS disables editing of filtered shapefiles for the sake of data safety. Remember that shapefiles use an outdated dbase storage format, with little effort to allow keeping track of data integrity.
I …
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Defining a projection and CRS for shapefile with undefined projection?
The sample file you provided does not have UTM coordinates, but coordinates of a transverse mercator projection centered on 22.5°E 71.5°N and false Easting and Northing of 400000m on that point.
If a …
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Import grid text file to shapefile in QGIS
From http://www.ipcc-data.org/sres/hadcm3_grid.html : The grid is 96*73 large, with cellsizes of 3.75x2.5 degrees. Note that Eastings are from 0 to 360.
There is no easy way to load the data into QGI …
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Convert an OSM file to a Shapefile with the same attributes
Using shapefile format, keys with : inside will be translated to _, and all field names will get truncated to 8 characters due to the shapefile format restriction. …
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Delete coordinates --> point still visible
If you export to shapefile using "Save As ...", the original CSV layer is still on the canvas. You have to remove it manually. … Changing the CSV file content afterwards will not change the content of the already created shapefile. …
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Change coordinate projection R shapefile
The coordinates of the coastline are not in EPSG:4326 WGS84. They would be in the range of 44 North and 12 East as well.
Instead, it might be EPSG:3035 ETRS89 LAEA Europe.
You can use GDAL to overri …
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Converting WKT to SHP?
You may grab the content of the .prj file of any shapefile in that projection, and eliminate line breaks from it:
<OGRVRTDataSource>
<OGRVRTLayer name="lineWKT">
<SrcDataSource>F:\Data\lineWKT.csv …
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Converting .shp file to .csv file using ogr2ogr?
A shapefile consists of a bunch of files. The .shp and .shx are mandatory, .dbf and .prj are necessary for some tasks as well. …
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How to work with SHP+XML and several DBF+XML datasets
Then you can join the CMP and PRT databases on the POLY_ID field to the shapefile geometry. From the CMP fields, you get the SOIL_ID field to join the Soil layer and name tables as well. …
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Exporting from QGIS to ACAD DXF as Linework
In QGIS, try Vector -> Geometry Tools -> Polygons to lines.
That way you get closed lines instead of filled polygons. If necessary, you might create polygons from them inside Autocad.
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ogr2ogr keep geometry when converting to CSV?
For the error part, just do as you are told:
ogr2ogr -f "CSV" -overwrite MyLayer2.csv MyLayer.shp
This will destroy any previous content of the csv file, and add values from the shapefile to the CSV …