<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Here is a log of a few mostly happy hours spent in the training manual located at <a href="https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/index.html" class="">https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/index.html</a>. Comments would be welcome. Gary. OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) on iMac Pro. QGIS 3.16.0-Hannover.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 29px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">4.1.2 <i class="">Click on the Add New Map button</i>. There is no such button on the “Swellendam” window.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 29px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">5.1.2 1. <i class="">Click on the Select Features button in the Attributes Toolbar. 2. Click on the feature that was just created and the remaining buttons will become enabled.</i> The remaining buttons do not become enabled.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 29px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">5.1.5. <span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">If the roads layer is not in your map, then add it from the GeoPackage file </i></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Courier; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><i class="">training-data.gpkg</i></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class=""> included in the </i></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Courier; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><i class="">exercise_data</i></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class=""> folder of the training data you downloaded.</i> At this point, I remember adding a portion of a GeoPackage file, but I don’t remember how. I am unsuccessful in using the menu Layer -> Create layer and Open Data Source. When I try to open the GeoPackage file I see a message that the file is read only. I try Menu Layer —> Add Layer —> Add Vector Layer —> … file dialog —> roads. This works. I feel a hint would be useful to avoid some flailing around. Just a note that we are adding an existing layer from the GeoPackage rather than creating a new layer would be helpful. Now I see the layer training_data_roads in the Layers box. It is checked and selected, it is the top layer, but no roads appear on the map. Now I will have to search back to where a vector layer was first imported from the GeoPackage. A numerical reference (2.2.3) and link would be useful here. I delete the “training_data_roads” layer and try again. I use the Open Data Source Manager and click on the GeoPackage tab. I add the roads, which appear on the map. Success, but painful and time-consuming success.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 29px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I still need the routes.shp file, so I try Menu —> Create Layer —> New ShapeFile layer. I select Geometry Type line and add the new field “name” in the dialog box. Error message: Layer creation failed: Failed to create file routes.shp: Read-only file system. Without the shapefile, the vectors for the path and track can not be added.</span></div></body></html>