[Qgis-user] Display of Contour Map

[Zoltan Szecsei]

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On 2012/09/01 01:39, Federico Nadela wrote:
> I  now have the .shp file of the contour map on the Layers 
> (left) sideboard. How do I go about displaying the contour map? I 
> noticed that when I clicked on the .shp file that there are many Layer 
> Properties to be filled in. What would be the parameters be to display 
> a contour map?
> Federico M. Nadela
>
> *From:* Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za>
> *To:* Federico M Nadela <fmnadela at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 7:17 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Contour Generation
>
> Hi Federico,
> Please email the list, and not the person directly.
> The purpose of lists is to pool knowledge, not to give courses, so all 
> conversations relevant to the list should stay with the list.
>
> 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.
>
> I don't have any URLs I can suggest for this, but perhaps someone else 
> on this list can help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Zoltan
>
>
> On 2012/08/31 12:29, Federico M Nadela wrote:
>> Dear Zoltan,
>> 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?
>> Please give me a sample of an acceptable output file. Thanks!
>> Federico
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2012, at 14:47, Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za 
>> <mailto:zoltans at geograph.co.za>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2012/08/31 08:36, Federico Nadela wrote:
>>>> I have reached as far as the Contour tab but unable to specify an 
>>>> acceptable output file path in the *Output file for contour 
>>>> lines(vector*). I tried to input _C:/User/Fritz/Documents/Temp.shp_ 
>>>> but got an error message that says it is not a directory. I tried 
>>>> other paths but they were all unacceptable. Please advise. Thanks!
>>>> Federico M. nadela
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Yep, true - if your 'Temp.shp' is not a DIRECTORY within your 
>>> documents folder.
>>>
>>> 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'
>>>
>>> For this reason you must specify the name of an existing directory, 
>>> and not a filename that you want to create.
>>>
>>> Are you sure the "other paths" you tried existed and were actually 
>>> directory names?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Zoltan
>>>
>>>
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