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Title: Shape file to img file
Post by: kpd on May 26, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
Hello -

I'm new here, and new at map making - I have a question - forgive me if it's remedial - but it's got me stumped -

I've downloaded a shape file from the New York State Dept Env Conservation - it's essentially a big polygon shaded to show public lands in NY - my plan is to make it transparent and load it to my GPS (Garmin GPS60CSX) with the NY topo - when I use GPSMapEdit, save it as a Polish format, then try and export it as a .img file - here's what I get

"INPUT data Error - E017 - Cannot parse coordinates"

Any ideas?

Thanks - kpd
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: Indrid Cold on May 26, 2009, 12:30:36 PM
What format were the co-ords of the shapefile in? UTM, geo or something else???
From the manual:
QuoteE017 Cannot parse coordinates. e.g. (2.3.4,2.2)
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: kpd on May 26, 2009, 01:10:54 PM
UTM (Northern Hemisphere) -
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: Indrid Cold on May 26, 2009, 03:00:10 PM
Quote from: kpd on May 26, 2009, 01:10:54 PM
UTM (Northern Hemisphere) -
If you mean the files from here: http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/inventories/
Then I would reproject the shapefile from UTM to geo/wgs84 to work with cGPSMapper.
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: leszekp on May 26, 2009, 07:25:53 PM
MapWindow has a handy shapefile re-projection utility built in. And it's free.

http://freegeographytools.com/2007/a-free-and-easy-shapefile-coordinate-converter
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: kpd on May 27, 2009, 12:01:58 PM
Yes, this is where the shapefile I'm refering to is located -  http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/inventories/

I'll try reshaping to geo/wgs84 right now, thanks - I'll also try MapWindow if that diesn't work - thanks again
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: Indrid Cold on May 27, 2009, 02:27:06 PM
It should work fine. Good link for data, thanks.
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: kpd on May 28, 2009, 10:53:38 AM
Well, I got to an img file, but now I can't get MapSetTooKit to see it - any ideas?
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: Indrid Cold on May 28, 2009, 10:57:28 AM
is the .img file named as such: "12345678.img" Each file must have an 8 digit number as it's name to work.
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: kpd on May 28, 2009, 11:11:29 AM
yes, I've named it 12311971.img
Title: Re: Shape file to img file
Post by: -Oz- on May 31, 2009, 06:05:10 PM
Define see it?

Also, are file extensions showing up in windows; if not perhaps you have a file named 12311971.img.???