[Qgis-user] Newbie - QGIS won't recongize shp files, comp turns shp files into pdfs

Anita Graser anitagraser at gmx.at
Mon Jan 6 09:15:38 PST 2014


Hi Matthew,

Please provide a step-by-step description of what you are doing to  
starting from downloading the file or record a screencast  
(http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder). It's really hard to  
guess what's going wrong without details.

Best wishes,
Anita


Am 06.01.2014, 17:37 Uhr, schrieb Matt_Klick <matthew.klick at gmail.com>:

> 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] <
> ml-node+s1560n5096521h88 at n6.nabble.com> 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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