R: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ASCII and Shapefile

[Antonio Iandolo]

Maybe you could import this file into excel and export it as a csv, so
that you can specify csv as the "source" file; then you can use ogrinfo
myfile.csv to get some infos on it.


> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] Per conto di Ryan Ollerenshaw
> Inviato: venerdì 8 settembre 2006 17.11
> A: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Oggetto: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ASCII and Shapefile
> 
> 
> P Kishor wrote:
> > ogr2ogr
> >
> Looks like ogr2ogr needs a specific format.
> 
>  > ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -a_srs epsg:4326 output thick08.csv
> FAILURE:
> Unable to open datasource `thick08.ps' with the following drivers.
>   -> ESRI Shapefile
>   -> MapInfo File
>   -> UK .NTF
>   -> SDTS
>   -> TIGER
>   -> S57
>   -> DGN
>   -> VRT
>   -> AVCBin
>   -> REC
>   -> Memory
>   -> CSV
>   -> GML
>   -> PostgreSQL
> 
> My file just looks like this:
>       0.00     90.00     -1.41      6.12
>       1.00     90.00     -1.41      6.12
>       2.00     90.00     -1.41      6.12
>       3.00     90.00     -1.41      6.12
>       4.00     90.00     -1.41      6.12
>       5.00     90.00     -1.41      6.12
> .....
> .....
> 
> Any help would be great
> > On 9/7/06, Ryan Ollerenshaw <ollerery at engr.orst.edu> wrote:
> >> Is there a way to go from an ASCII file to a Shapefile?  I have a 
> >> file that contains a list of lat/long coordinates and 
> there values at 
> >> each point,  and i know what the projection will, be so is there a 
> >> way to create a shapefile from and ASCII file if the projection is 
> >> known?
> >>