[Qgis-user] Newbie - QGIS won't recongize shp files, comp turns shp files into pdfs
Alexandre Neto
senhor.neto at gmail.com
Mon Jan 6 08:42:33 PST 2014
Yes, try use other shapefile set to confirm.
Best regards,
Alexandre Neto
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Matt_Klick <matthew.klick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you both Frank and Alexandre,
>
> It is appreciated.
>
> I'm afraid I am using both the add vector layer, and have the complete set
> of files downloaded, and still no luck -- and now on several computers and
> having reinstalled QGIS, and having re-downloaded files, a half dozen times
> at least.
>
> I have only been using files downloaded from DIVA-GIS though, so perhaps I
> will try getting fields from somewhere else.
>
> Best, M
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:26 AM, Sr. Neto [via OSGeo.org] <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096580&i=0>
> > wrote:
>
>> Also, confirm that you have the complete set of files of shapefile.
>>
>> You must have (at least) a .SHP, a .SHX and a .DBF with the same name.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Alexandre Neto
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Frank Sokolic <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096521&i=0>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>> Are you using the "Add Vector Layer" command to open the shapefiles? If
>>> not, go to the "Layer" menu and select the "Add Vector Layer" command. You
>>> can then choose "Browse" to look for the shapefile you want to load.
>>>
>>> Regards, Frank.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/01/2014 06:57, Matt_Klick wrote:
>>>
>>>> No luck on this yet, but thank you for your suggestion. On another
>>>> computer, I still cannot upload shp files - instead changing them to
>>>> nursoft (??) files. In any event, I cannot yet open a shp file using
>>>> QGIS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Akinyemi Bojerenu [via OSGeo.org]
>>>> <[hidden email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096495&i=0>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Please extract the contents of the zip file first into a destination
>>>> folder of choice.
>>>> When opening a shapefile, navigate to your folder to select the
>>>> shapefile(s).
>>>> Hope this helps..
>>>> Yemi
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 4, 2014 9:13 AM, "Matt_Klick" <[hidden email]
>>>> <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=0>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm very new to any GIS type platforms, so please forgive the
>>>> ignorance on
>>>> display here (and I did search for answers to this elsewhere).
>>>> I've
>>>> downloaded QGIS 2.0.1. I separately downloaded Tunisia
>>>> administrative data
>>>> from DIVA-GIS. When I open QGIS, it does not find the .zip file,
>>>> nor any of
>>>> the shp files. In my efforts to correct, I managed to convert
>>>> shp files into
>>>> pdfs. Even though I've re-installed QGIS, and deleted and
>>>> re-downloaded
>>>> Tunisia files, shp files are once again pdfs, and QGIS cannot
>>>> "see" any shp
>>>> files. Any advice, or thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, greatly
>>>> appreciated.
>>>> -MK
>>>>
>>>>
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