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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks Bo,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Interesting outcome. I’ll have to watch out for the projection change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Looks like I’ll have to accept that it’s time to update. 2.4 is soon to be released. Time to make the jump.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bo Victor Thomsen<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 12 June 2014 12:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] TAB file export<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brett -<br><br>I've opened your shape file in QGIS and afterwards saved it as a tab file - without a hitch. I'm using a newish version 2.3 of QGIS. <br>I've opened the new tab file in MapInfo and it works. The only strange thing is, that the projection shifts from EPSG:28351 to EPSG:32751 <br><br>Tabfile attached <br><br>Regards <br>Bo Victor Thomsen<br>Aestas-GIS<br>Denmark<br><br>Den 12-06-2014 03:03, Brett Adams skrev:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Zoltan,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I'm running the ogr2ogr using ogr2gui. Is that cheating? I get in trouble<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>with command line stuff.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I can export a mid/mif, works perfectly every time. It's just not what the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>client wants. I've attached a sample SHP file. It was created by importing<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>a CSV file then exporting as a SHP file.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Donovan,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I ran : Vector > Geometry Tools > Check Geometry Validity but came up<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>with no errors.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Couldn't find the "Topology Checker" plugin. Is that a version 2 feature?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thanks your feedback. I appreciate the effort.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Brett<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>From: <a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>[<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Saulteau Don<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 3:53 AM<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To: <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] TAB file export<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Ross<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On 11/06/14 06:23, Brett Adams wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> I keep getting an error<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> Export to vector file failed.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> Error: Feature write errors:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> Feature creation error (OGR error: Failed writing geometry for<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> feature id 1 in<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I usually get that error when some of the shapefile features are "invalid".<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Did you get a chance to check for validity of the features in the shapefile?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>In QGIS you can use the "Topology Checker" plugin.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Or Vector > Geometry Tools > Check Geometry Validity.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Donovan<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Qgis-user mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Qgis-user mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>