Hi Mark,
What exactly is your error message? I can't find the code that would
generate the one you have stated.
- Don
On May 31, 2005, at 5:02 AM, Gatrell, Mark (UK) wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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:
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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