<div dir="ltr">make sure you extract ALL the files from the zip file to some folder, like Alexandre said you also need the .dbf and .shx files.<div><br></div><div>cheers</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Matt_Klick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.klick@gmail.com" target="_blank">matthew.klick@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Understood Anita, thank you.<br><br>I am just providing a description here. Let me know if you prefer a recording, but overall these are just the basic initial steps that are stymieing me:<br>

<br></div>1) I've download 64 byte QGIS 2.0.1 - no problems.<br></div>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 the "administrative areas" zip file from under the Tunisia option (though, again, I did try other countries to test after running into said problems). The zip (attached)  includes files for different admin levels, but also all the files for adm1 that I require.<br>

</div>3) I have done several things at this point - from going directly to the TUN_adm1.shp and trying to "open as", to most recently opening up QGIS first, selecting "add vector layer" and then going to the specific .shp file (TUN_adm.shp). I have also pulled that file out of the zip and put it by itself on the desktop and then tried to open through the 'add vector layer' button. <br>

</div>4) On these last attempts, the shp file has now assumed the "QGIS" icon (whereas before, when trying to "open as", it either converted it to a pdf, or asked for additional software to open a NirCmd file (<a href="http://nirsoft.net" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">nirsoft.net</a>)) -- a puzzle I never solved, but seemed on the wrong track anyway).<br>

</div>5) Alas, I can browse, select the TUN_adm1 file, then "open," but always get the following message for 3 seconds before it disappears:<br><br><span style="font-weight:600">Invalid Data Source: </span>C:\Users\Matt Klick\Desktop\TUN_adm1.shp is not a valid or recognized data source<br>

<br></div>BUT....I think i might have just got the right sequence...will update....<br><br></div>Thank you for your help and patience,<br><br>MK<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Anita Graser [via OSGeo.org] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096595&i=0" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">[hidden email]</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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        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  

guess what's going wrong without details.

<br><br>Best wishes,

<br>Anita

<br><br><br></div></div>Am 06.01.2014, 17:37 Uhr, schrieb Matt_Klick <<a href="http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096589&i=0" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">[hidden email]</a>>:

<br><div><div><div><div class="im"><br>> Thank you both Frank and Alexandre,

<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

> 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></div><div><div class="h5">> <a href="http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096589&i=1" rel="nofollow" link="external" target="_blank">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:

<br>>

>> Also, confirm that you have the complete set of files of shapefile.

<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  

</div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">>> 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><div><div>>> > wrote:

<div><br>>>

<br>>>> Hi Matt,

<br>>>>

<br>>>> Are you using the "Add Vector Layer" command to open the shapefiles? If

<br>>>> not, go to the "Layer" menu and select the "Add Vector Layer" command.  

<br>>>> You

>>> 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

>>>>     folder of choice.

<br>>>>>     When opening a shapefile, navigate to your folder to select the

<br>>>>>     shapefile(s).

>>>>     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

>>>>         display here (and I did search for answers to this 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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