[Qgis-community-team] Issue with Training Data zip file

[Jeff McKenna]

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On 2021-03-10 3:41 p.m., Matthew Goertz wrote:
> Thanks so much for the tip and update, Jeff. I am currently using a work 
> computer so I'll have to try it out on my personal laptop first.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> MG
> 
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 2:37 PM Jeff McKenna 
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     update: no issues here opening that zip file with 7-zip, on Windows.
> 
>     -jeff
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Jeff McKenna
>     GatewayGeo: Developers of MS4W, MapServer Consulting and Training
>     co-founder of FOSS4G
>     http://gatewaygeo.com/ <http://gatewaygeo.com/>
> 
> 
>     On 2021-03-10 3:05 p.m., Matthew Goertz wrote:
>      > Greetings,
>      >
>      > I am fairly new to GIS and have recently downloaded QGIS in an
>     effort to
>      > learn the basics.
>      >
>      > I am currently going through QGIS's training module
>      >
>     <https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/basic_map/preparation.html
>     <https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/basic_map/preparation.html>> and
> 
>      > have attempted to download the data set which is in zip format. I've
>      > downloaded it several times, and each time I attempt to unzip the
>     files,
>      > an error message appears and it says that it is not a "valid
>     archive".
>      > I'm not sure why this occurs, and I've never had an issue with
>     unzipping
>      > files in the past.
>      >
>      > I was hoping for some direction in this as I'd really love to use
>     this
>      > tutorial!
>      >
>      > Thanks in advance.
>      >
>      > -Matt
>      >
>      >
> 
>