Yes, just use the shp and shx files from Mapshaper, not DBF. Just make a copy of your original DBF and rename it to the same as the output from Mapshaper.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Jason Pickering <jason.p.picker...@gmail.com > wrote: > To add to Brams mail, I have had issues with MapShaper and the DBF's it > produces. Normally, I just trash these, and use the original DBF from the > unmodified shapefile. > > I am still not convinced it is a problem with the DBF though, as clearly > the projection which you provided in the first conversion was not correct. > > Regards, > Jason > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Bram Piot <bram.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Adedayo, >> >> If you need to modify attributes in the dbf file, you should only do this >> in a GIS software such as www.qgis.org - never modify the dbf on its own >> (eg in Excel) as this will result in a corrupt shapefile. It's also much >> easier to define the projection or to convert to a different projection in >> QGIS, and once you have your shapefile ready you can simply save it as a >> gml file. >> >> bram >> >> >> On 1 April 2014 17:47, Dayo Adeyomoye <deemo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot Jason. I also tried converting without first trying to >>> convert to 4326 knowing that it may already be in that projection. I >>> noticed later on that This conversion worked if i didn't use the original >>> dbf file that I downloaded with it. I mean it converted when I used the dbf >>> file generated after working on it at mapshaper.org. >>> >>> As soon as I changed the dbf file to the one downloaded from the >>> shapefile site, it produced the error. >>> >>> The dbf file might be bad though. I have downloaded another from a new >>> site and hopefully it will work. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Adedayo >>> >>> BlackBerry: 3114F90C >>> Phone: 08028851441, 08035560463 >>> emails: deemo...@yahoo.com, addyr...@yahoo.com >>> Yahoo IM: deemoyes >>> Facebook: pharael >>> twitter:pharaell >>> On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 3:19 PM, Jason Pickering < >>> jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Well, it seems pretty clear from the logs. >>> >>> Failed to process SRS definition: EPSG:14684 >>> >>> Try looking here http://www.epsg-registry.org/ >>> >>> and this is not a valid projection. >>> >>> However, looking from the bounding box, it looks like it may be 4326 to >>> begin with. >>> >>> Why do you think you need to use EPSG:14684 as the source projection? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Dayo Adeyomoye <deemo...@yahoo.com>wrote: >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I have been trying to convert my shapefile for Nigeria Admin0 and Admin1 >>> levels into GML but its not working. I was able to convert the Admin2 at >>> but I am wondering, what could be the problem here. >>> >>> I also tried converting without copying the dbf file from the Admin file >>> downloaded and it converted without errors but as soon as I tried to use it >>> with the dbf file that i copied from the download admin file for Nigeria, I >>> am unable to convert it. >>> >>> Below is the response while trying to do that. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Adedayo >>> >>> C:\Users\aadeyomoye\Desktop\Mine\DHIS2 Academy\NGA Admin1 Optimized >>> Shapefile>og >>> r2ogr -s_srs EPSG:14684 -t_srs EPSG:4326 -f GML NGA_adm1.gml NGA_adm1.shp >>> ERROR 6: EPSG PCS/GCS code 14684 not found in EPSG support files. Is >>> this a val >>> id >>> EPSG coordinate system? >>> Failed to process SRS definition: EPSG:14684 >>> >>> C:\Users\aadeyomoye\Desktop\Mine\DHIS2 Academy\NGA Admin1 Optimized >>> Shapefile>og >>> rinfo -al -so NGA_adm1.shp >>> INFO: Open of `NGA_adm1.shp' >>> using driver `ESRI Shapefile' successful. >>> >>> Layer name: NGA_adm1 >>> Geometry: Polygon >>> Feature Count: 38 >>> Extent: (2.668431, 4.270418) - (14.680070, 13.892010) >>> Layer SRS WKT: >>> (unknown) >>> ID_0: Integer (9.0) >>> ISO: String (3.0) >>> NAME_0: String (75.0) >>> ID_1: Integer (9.0) >>> NAME_1: String (75.0) >>> VARNAME_1: String (150.0) >>> NL_NAME_1: String (50.0) >>> HASC_1: String (15.0) >>> CC_1: String (15.0) >>> TYPE_1: String (50.0) >>> ENGTYPE_1: String (50.0) >>> VALIDFR_1: String (25.0) >>> VALIDTO_1: String (25.0) >>> REMARKS_1: String (125.0) >>> Shape_Leng: Real (19.11) >>> Shape_Area: Real (19.11) >>> >>> C:\Users\aadeyomoye\Desktop\Mine\DHIS2 Academy\NGA Admin1 Optimized >>> Shapefile>og >>> r2ogr -f GML NGA_adm1.gml NGA_adm1.shp >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 101852 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 4872 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 7032 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 917484 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 7592 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 21800 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 41080 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 719100 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 5048 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 10424 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 4152 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 5352 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 4520 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 2728 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 2968 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 9160 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 11704 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 7112 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 13656 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 11976 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 12568 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 19960 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 44344 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 11288 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 18648 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 21624 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 62728 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 5256 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 11880 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 5864 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 965796 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 9544 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 19160 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 7384 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 8968 from .shp file >>> ERROR 1: Error in fread() reading object of size 7592 from .shp file >>> >>> C:\Users\aadeyomoye\Desktop\Mine\DHIS2 Academy\NGA Admin1 Optimized >>> Shapefile>og >>> r2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 -f GML NGA_adm1.gml NGA_adm1.shp >>> Can't transform coordinates, source layer has no >>> coordinate system. Use -s_srs to set one. >>> >>> BlackBerry: 3114F90C >>> Phone: 08028851441, 08035560463 >>> emails: deemo...@yahoo.com, addyr...@yahoo.com >>> Yahoo IM: deemoyes >>> Facebook: pharael >>> twitter:pharaell >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Knut Staring Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo +4791880522 http://dhis2.org
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