Bug report #1693
Problems parsing some ArcGIS shapefiles
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Low | ||
| Assignee: |  nobody - | ||
| Category: | - | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | Regression?: | No | |
| Operating System: | All | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | Resolution: | wontfix | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | Copied to github as #: | 11753 |
Description
Compatibility or parsing problems have been noted with shapefiles made or exported from Arc 9.x, resulting in a "xxxxxxx.shp is not a valid or recognized data source" dialogue. The shapefiles work in Arc, so this may be easily solved by allowing for some tolerance in the OGR library? Example shapefiles can be downloaded here.
History
#1
Updated by matter - over 15 years ago
Replying to matter:
Compatibility or parsing problems have been noted with shapefiles made or exported from Arc 9.x, resulting in a "xxxxxxx.shp is not a valid or recognized data source" dialogue. The shapefiles work in Arc, so this may be easily solved by allowing for some tolerance in the OGR library? Example shapefiles can be downloaded here.
#2
Updated by Frank Warmerdam - over 15 years ago
The EagleStreams.zip file does not contain 1_10K_EagleBasemap_Streams.shx. The OGR Shapefile driver (and shapelib) require the .shx file to exist though in theory this requirement could be relaxed.
I don't think this is really a qgis problem, and if desired it should be refiled as an enhancement request to OGR or possibly to Shapelib itself.
#3
Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 15 years ago
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Matter, please submit it to OGR