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st: Re: Error using shp2dta
Taavi,
-shp2dta- can only convert polygon shapefiles (type 5). There are many
other types of shapefiles but these shapefiles will not work with -tmap-.
You can read more about the different types of shapefiles at the below URL.
http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taavi Lai" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 5:55 AM
Subject: st: Error using shp2dta
Dear statalist,
After downloading a number of Europe shape files I tried to convert all
these to suite -tmap- using -shp2dta- but got an error message (output
below).
That raised two questions:
1) do you have suggestions how to improve the code (or were to look for
solution) so that the do file wouldn't abort in case of errors
2) I guess that shapefile causing the error is not of a type suitable
for -shp2dta- and therefore - is there a way to make these suitable
for -shp2dta-
Best regards,
Taavi
. fs *.shp
bndnetarcs.shp hydronetpols.shp miscpolypols.shp translnkarcs.shp
transnetpols.shp
bndnetpols.shp misclinkarcs.shp poppointpnts.shp translnknods.shp
vegpolyarcs.shp
hydronetarcs.shp misclinkpnts.shp poppolyarcs.shp translnkpnts.shp
vegpolypols.shp
hydronetnods.shp miscpolyarcs.shp poppolypols.shp transnetarcs.shp
.
. foreach f in `r(files)' {
2. local pos=strpos("`f'",".")
3. local f = substr("`f'",1,`pos'-1)
4. quiet: shp2dta using `f', database("`f'_database")
coordinates("`f'_coordinates") replace
5. }
bndnetarcs.shp: polygon shapefile required
r(610);
end of do-file
r(610);
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