Shape file to img file

[kpd]

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

[Indrid Cold]

What format were the co-ords of the shapefile in? UTM, geo or something else???
From the manual:

E017 Cannot parse coordinates. e.g. (2.3.4,2.2)

[kpd]

UTM (Northern Hemisphere) -

[Indrid Cold]

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.

[leszekp]

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

[kpd]

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

[Indrid Cold]

It should work fine. Good link for data, thanks.

[kpd]

Well, I got to an img file, but now I can't get MapSetTooKit to see it - any ideas?

[Indrid Cold]

is the .img file named as such: "12345678.img" Each file must have an 8 digit number as it's name to work.

[kpd]

yes, I've named it 12311971.img

[-Oz-]

Define see it?

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