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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>Hi Judith,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>in order to load a shape file you have to select the *.shp
file e.g. if you have one shape file building you should have (as a
minimum) 3 files:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>building.<FONT color=#ff0000>dbf</FONT> (attributes .
this is the old dbase format table)<BR>building.<FONT
color=#ff0000>shp</FONT> (geometries)<BR>building.<FONT color=#ff0000>shx</FONT>
(index to join geometries and attributes)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>in addition you could have the projection
file:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>building.<FONT color=#ff0000>prj</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>All other files you mentioned like building.cpg etc. have
been produced by ArcGIS and are not read by QGIS and also not needed at all
(those are for internal use in ArcGIS ...)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>Read about shape file here <A
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>So there many ways to load a shape file into
QGIS</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>1.) drag and drop the file with (windows ) explorer or your
operating file manager not QGIS (only select the building,shp, the other will
give you an error.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>That is one correct way to load all information also the info
contained in the <FONT color=#ff0000>dbf</FONT> <FONT color=#ff0000>,
shx<FONT color=#000080> and <FONT color=#ff0000>prj <FONT
color=#000080>files</FONT> ! </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000080>Nothing is
lost with that procedure<BR>2.) use browser panel in QGIS and double click the
shape file -> will load</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>3.) use Menu Layer > Add Layer > Add vector layer ,
select desired shape file , ok -> will load</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#808080><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>><SPAN class=798392521-03032022> >>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT>Similarly, the New York State Orthographic imagery has
.aux, .j2w, .jp2, and .tab</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV><FONT color=#808080>When I bring in a file, I can bring in .aux, but QGIS
flags it as having a Read Block error,, and .jp2, which seems to be fine, shows
the data just like it looks in Arcmaps, and seems to contain coordinates. For
the other file types (.j2w and .tab), I get an invalid data type message.<SPAN
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>>></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Same
thing only load the *-tif or *-jp2 </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>option 1: drag and drop via file
explorer </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>option
2: </FONT> <FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>use Menu Layer >
Add Layer > Add raster layer select desired raster file (*tif or jp2 e.g.) ,
ok -> will load<BR>Do not try to load *aux or such files ...
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#808080><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT size=2
face=Arial> >>> </FONT></SPAN>The question is: am I losing
any data that is contained in the "invalid" files? Do I need all three of the
kinds of shapefile subfiles that seem to work? They all have the same attribute
table contents. Why would ESRI use 8 different subfiles for a
"shapefile"</FONT> <SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>See
explanation above , really needed are <FONT color=#ff0000>shp, dbf</FONT>
<FONT color=#ff0000>, shx<FONT color=#000080> and <FONT color=#ff0000>prj
, in fact all other can be safely deleted
!</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022> </SPAN><FONT color=#808080>and the NY
Ortho use 4 (evidently needed for Arcmaps) if they contain only redundant
information? Am I safe just using one of the ones that work, such as .shp and
.p2, and not worrying about the rest?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080><FONT size=2>E<SPAN class=798392521-03032022>xactly when you
managed to load the shape and tif or jp2 and the loading correctly then you are
done :) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#808080><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT size=2
face=Arial> >>> </FONT></SPAN>It would be lovely to just be
able to import my Arcmaps work instead of rebuilding everything. I understand
SLYER is expensive. I found an open source plugin, Mxd2Qgs, that suppsedly would
import my map packages, but I don't understand the documentation.
Suggestions?</FONT><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=798392521-03032022><FONT color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>Transferring styles between programs is difficult</FONT> <FONT
color=#000080><FONT size=2 face=Arial>. If you can have someone export from
ArcGIS the *.lyr styles as SLD format ( see </FONT><A
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styled_Layer_Descriptor"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styled_Layer_Descriptor</FONT></A><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial> ) as is possible with some ArcGIS extensions then
go that route (least trouble). <BR>I could not find the Mxd2Qgs plugin so
far...</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=798392521-03032022> </SPAN>C<SPAN
class=798392521-03032022>heers</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=798392521-03032022>Karsten</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>