Hi
Thanks Don and Eliecer for your replies..
I have tried both suggestions.
I tried letting the code automatically generate the .ssx file as Don suggested, But this still resulted in the same error and no .ssx file.
I then used the util to create the .ssx file as suggested by Eliecer. This worked and did create a .ssx file, but when I tried to use the files in the normal manner, the same error message appeared.
I can only conclude that there must be an error in the .shp file itself or there is an incompatibility problem somewhere. I can however, read the .shp files using Manifold.
If anyone has the time to try and read these files I would be grateful. (I have tried the world.shp)
Thanks again for your help
regards
Mark.
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From: Don Dietrick [mailto:dietrick_at_bbn.com]
Sent: 27 May 2005 12:50
To: Gatrell, Mark (UK)
Cc: Openmap-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [OpenMap Users] Downloaded Shape Files
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Hi Mark,
The shx file isn't the spatial index file. Just specify a .ssx file
with the same name as the .shp file, and the layer will create it for
you the first time it runs. Make sure that you have permissions to
write the .ssx file in the location you specify.
- Don
On May 27, 2005, at 2:31 AM, Gatrell, Mark (UK) wrote:
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gatrell, Mark (UK)
> Sent: 26 May 2005 17:14
> To: Openmap-Users (E-mail)
> Subject: Downloaded Shape Files
>
>
> Hi All
> I wanted to update my political boundry shape file references
> with new downloaded shape files . The existing datashape files
> supply the .shp and the .ssx file .
>
> The downloaded data supplied .dbf, .shp and .shx files.
>
> I tried using the downloded .shp file using the .shx file as
> the spacialindex reference, but I get an error saying "Unable to
> set up the shape files".
>
> Has anyone got any ideas what might be going wrong.
>
> I have attached the link to the downloaded... http://
> www.cipotato.org/DIVA/data/DataServer.htm
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
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