<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Great,<br><br>Thank you! I got it to work -- indeed from just navigating directly to the zip file from the 'add vector layer'. Though I will try your recommended pathway next.<br><br></div>
Thank you again everyone for what I'm sure seems like a remarkably easy fix, but which was driving me bananas!<br><br></div>Best,<br><br>MK<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Saulteau Don [via OSGeo.org] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096629&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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That file opened fine for me (Tunisia Admin Boundaries) in qgis.
<br><br>Here's what I did.
<br>1.) Download that zipfile of the Tunisian Admin Boundaries
<br>2.) Open QGIS.
<br>3.) Switch to "Browser" panel near bottom left of window (this is
<br>inside the "layers" panel).
<br>4.) Browse to the folder where the TUN_adm.zip file is.
<br>5.) Expand, click the '+' sign beside the zip file, then click and
<br>drag the layers into the map.
<br><br><br>SaultDon
<br><br><br><br></div><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Matt_Klick <<a href="http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096607&i=0" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:
</div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div class='shrinkable-quote'><br>> Understood Anita, thank you.
<br>>
<br>> I am just providing a description here. Let me know if you prefer a
<br>> recording, but overall these are just the basic initial steps that are
<br>> stymieing me:
<br>>
<br>> 1) I've download 64 byte QGIS 2.0.1 - no problems.
<br>> 2) I then separately go here: <a href="http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata</a> , and download
<br>> the "administrative areas" zip file from under the Tunisia option (though,
<br>> again, I did try other countries to test after running into said problems).
<br>> The zip (attached) includes files for different admin levels, but also all
<br>> the files for adm1 that I require.
<br>> 3) I have done several things at this point - from going directly to the
<br>> TUN_adm1.shp and trying to "open as", to most recently opening up QGIS
<br>> first, selecting "add vector layer" and then going to the specific .shp file
<br>> (TUN_adm.shp). I have also pulled that file out of the zip and put it by
<br>> itself on the desktop and then tried to open through the 'add vector layer'
<br>> button.
<br>> 4) On these last attempts, the shp file has now assumed the "QGIS" icon
<br>> (whereas before, when trying to "open as", it either converted it to a pdf,
<br>> or asked for additional software to open a NirCmd file (<a href="http://nirsoft.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">nirsoft.net</a>)) -- a
<br>> puzzle I never solved, but seemed on the wrong track anyway).
<br>> 5) Alas, I can browse, select the TUN_adm1 file, then "open," but always get
<br>> the following message for 3 seconds before it disappears:
<br>>
<br>> Invalid Data Source: C:\Users\Matt Klick\Desktop\TUN_adm1.shp is not a valid
<br>> or recognized data source
<br>>
<br>> BUT....I think i might have just got the right sequence...will update....
<br>>
<br>> Thank you for your help and patience,
<br>>
<br>> MK
<br>>
<br>>
</div></div></div><div><div class="h5">> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Anita Graser [via OSGeo.org] <[hidden
<div class='shrinkable-quote'><br>> email]> wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> Hi Matthew,
<br>>>
<br>>> Please provide a step-by-step description of what you are doing to
<br>>> starting from downloading the file or record a screencast
<br>>> (<a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder</a>). It's really hard to
<br>>> guess what's going wrong without details.
<br>>>
<br>>> Best wishes,
<br>>> Anita
<br>>>
<br>>>
<br>>> Am 06.01.2014, 17:37 Uhr, schrieb Matt_Klick <[hidden email]>:
<br>>>
<br>>> > Thank you both Frank and Alexandre,
<br>>> >
<br>>> > It is appreciated.
<br>>> >
<br>>> > I'm afraid I am using both the add vector layer, and have the complete
<br>>> > set
<br>>> > of files downloaded, and still no luck -- and now on several computers
<br>>> > and
<br>>> > having reinstalled QGIS, and having re-downloaded files, a half dozen
<br>>> > times
<br>>> > at least.
<br>>> >
<br>>> > I have only been using files downloaded from DIVA-GIS though, so perhaps
<br>>> > I
<br>>> > will try getting fields from somewhere else.
<br>>> >
<br>>> > Best, M
<br>>> >
<br>>> >
<br>>> > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:26 AM, Sr. Neto [via OSGeo.org] <
<br>>> > [hidden email]> wrote:
<br>>> >
<br>>> >> Also, confirm that you have the complete set of files of shapefile.
<br>>> >>
<br>>> >> You must have (at least) a .SHP, a .SHX and a .DBF with the same name.
<br>>> >>
<br>>> >> Best regards,
<br>>> >>
<br>>> >> Alexandre Neto
<br>>> >>
<br>>> >>
<br>>> >> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Frank Sokolic <[hidden
<br>>> >> email]<<a href="http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096521&i=0" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096521&i=0</a>>
<br>>> >> > wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> >>
<br>>> >>> Hi Matt,
<br>>> >>>
<br>>> >>> Are you using the "Add Vector Layer" command to open the shapefiles?
<br>>> >>> If
<br>>> >>> not, go to the "Layer" menu and select the "Add Vector Layer" command.
<br>>> >>> You
<br>>> >>> can then choose "Browse" to look for the shapefile you want to load.
<br>>> >>>
<br>>> >>> Regards, Frank.
<br>>> >>>
<br>>> >>>
<br>>> >>> On 06/01/2014 06:57, Matt_Klick wrote:
<br>>> >>>
<br>>> >>>> No luck on this yet, but thank you for your suggestion. On another
<br>>> >>>> computer, I still cannot upload shp files - instead changing them to
<br>>> >>>> nursoft (??) files. In any event, I cannot yet open a shp file using
<br>>> >>>> QGIS.
<br>>> >>>>
<br>>> >>>>
<br>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Akinyemi Bojerenu [via OSGeo.org]
<br>>> >>>> <[hidden email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096495&i=0>>
<br>>> >>>> wrote:
<br>>> >>>>
<br>>> >>>> Hi,
<br>>> >>>> Please extract the contents of the zip file first into a
<br>>> >>>> destination
<br>>> >>>> folder of choice.
<br>>> >>>> When opening a shapefile, navigate to your folder to select the
<br>>> >>>> shapefile(s).
<br>>> >>>> Hope this helps..
<br>>> >>>> Yemi
<br>>> >>>>
<br>>> >>>> On Jan 4, 2014 9:13 AM, "Matt_Klick" <[hidden email]
<br>>> >>>> <<a href="http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=0" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=0</a>>> wrote:
<br>>> >>>>
<br>>> >>>> I'm very new to any GIS type platforms, so please forgive the
<br>>> >>>> ignorance on
<br>>> >>>> display here (and I did search for answers to this
<br>>> >>>> elsewhere).
<br>>> >>>> I've
<br>>> >>>> downloaded QGIS 2.0.1. I separately downloaded Tunisia
<br>>> >>>> administrative data
<br>>> >>>> from DIVA-GIS. When I open QGIS, it does not find the .zip
<br>>> >>>> file,
<br>>> >>>> nor any of
<br>>> >>>> the shp files. In my efforts to correct, I managed to convert
<br>>> >>>> shp files into
<br>>> >>>> pdfs. Even though I've re-installed QGIS, and deleted and
<br>>> >>>> re-downloaded
<br>>> >>>> Tunisia files, shp files are once again pdfs, and QGIS cannot
<br>>> >>>> "see" any shp
<br>>> >>>> files. Any advice, or thoughts on what I'm doing wrong,
<br>>> >>>> greatly
<br>>> >>>> appreciated.
<br>>> >>>> -MK
<br>>> >>>>
<br>>> >>>>
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