[Xastir] Shapefile help

[Richard Polivka]

You will have to edit the file in a GIS program, such as Quantum GIS. 

There may be structure links in the file that should not be there or the conversion went wonky. I have some shapefiles that I have had to go in and clean up as the labels were in the wrong places.

73 from 807,

Richard, N6NKO


--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Kevin Ratcliff <kevin at kevinratcliff.com> wrote:

From: Kevin Ratcliff <kevin at kevinratcliff.com>
Subject: [Xastir] Shapefile help
To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 11:54 AM

Greetings all,

I have a question for the GIS people on the list.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources produces a shapefile (and
associated metadata) of public recreational trails in Indiana. This is
very useful for SAR, and I'm trying to use this shapefile in Xastir.
I've done the ogr2ogr to convert/reproject it, and that seemed to work
as the trails now show up on my Xastir map in the correct locations.

However, my problem is that I also see "connecting" lines between
trail endpoints. When one trail ends I see a straight line that goes
to the start of another trail. I can post a screenshot if you need to
see what I mean.

I realize this may not be 100% Xastir-related, but is there some way I
can resolve this using free or open source tools? ArcGIS does not show
the connecting lines between trails.

Here is the source shapefile if anyone wants to take a look:
http://inmap.indiana.edu/downloads/TRAILS_IDNR_IN.zip (1.3MB)

Thanks in advance!

Kevin
KB9MQU
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