st: Re: Error using shp2dta

["Kevin Crow - StataCorp" <kcrow@stata.com>]

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" <taavi.lai@ut.ee>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
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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