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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Federico,<br>
Please email the list, and not the person directly.<br>
The purpose of lists is to pool knowledge, not to give courses, so
all conversations relevant to the list should stay with the list.<br>
<br>
Judging by your unfamiliarity with raster and vector data formats,
it seems like you need deeper knowledge about what you are doing,
rather than just assistance with the use of QGis.<br>
<br>
I don't have any URLs I can suggest for this, but perhaps someone
else on this list can help.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Zoltan<br>
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On 2012/08/31 12:29, Federico M Nadela wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear Zoltan,</div>
<div>Many thanks for your prompt reply. I have not used shape file
before so you have to walk me through. My DSM is in .tiff
format. Can I use that instead of .shp?</div>
<div>Please give me a sample of an acceptable output file. Thanks!</div>
<div>Federico <br>
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Sent from my iPhone</div>
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On Aug 31, 2012, at 14:47, Zoltan Szecsei <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:zoltans@geograph.co.za">zoltans@geograph.co.za</a>>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2012/08/31 08:36, Federico
Nadela wrote:<br>
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<div><small><small>I have reached as far as the Contour
tab but unable to specify an acceptable output <font
color="#cc0000">file path</font> in the <strong>Output
file for contour lines(vector</strong>). I tried
to input <u>C:/User/Fritz/Documents/Temp.shp</u>
but got an error message <font color="#cc0000">that
says it is not a directory</font>. <font
color="#006600">I tried other paths</font> but
they were all unacceptable. Please advise. Thanks!</small></small></div>
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font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><small><small>Federico
M. nadela </small></small></div>
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Yep, true - if your 'Temp.shp' is not a DIRECTORY within your
documents folder.<br>
<br>
What you and I call "shapefiles" is actually a group of 3 or
more files that are needed by ESRI and other GIS products that
use 'shapefile format'<br>
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For this reason you must specify the name of an existing
directory, and not a filename that you want to create.<br>
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<font color="#006600">Are you sure the "other paths" you tried
existed and were actually directory names?<br>
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HTH,<br>
Zoltan<br>
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Geograph (Pty) Ltd.
P.O. Box 7, Muizenberg 7950, South Africa.
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34° 6'16.35"S 18°28'5.62"E
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