[Gvsig_english] Problems importing a polygon grid file

[Sal Garfi]

Hello Simon,

Thanks for this. I have created a new grid in Sextante, but the numbering of 
the grid squares in the file from DIVA seems to be different from the 
numbering in Sextante, so the distributins aren't right. For the time being, 
I'm recreating the distributions from scratch with Sextante's 'Count points 
in polygons' function. This works well for density of points in grid 
squares, but I don't know how to recreate 'Richness', as in DIVA, 
representing number of different types of objects recorded at each point. In 
DIVA this would be richness, ie variety of plant species, as an example.

Anyway, I'm soldiering on.

Ta,
Sal


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Cropper" <scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
To: "Users and Developers mailing list" 
<gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Gvsig_english] Problems importing a polygon grid file


> Hi Sal,
>
> On 01/05/11 23:34, Sal Garfi wrote:
>> how I can remedy the problem?
>
> 1. Use one of the other converted files that you imported using other
> fosGIS.
> 2. Just create a new grid using Sextante.
> 3. Post a link to an uploaded version of the file so someone can check
> out the file, and whether the problem is localised to your machine.
>
> If you were successfully able to 'import' your data into another fosGIS
> then just use that data. The fact, that the same file could not be
> converted by OADE gvSIG would be interested to the gvSIG and OE group
> and so a copy of the file that people could inspect would be of value to
> them.
>
> It is not unusual that some files are not consistently converted.
> Success is usually dependent on the program used to create the file and
> how well they stick to the format specifications. For a file that is so
> easily recreated I would not spend too much time trying to fathom the
> issue -- Sextante can recreate a polygon grid file in seconds.
>
> Of course, it is possible that the failure was due to OADE gvSIG not
> being correctly setup. Can you open other files, save and covert them?
>
> -- 
> Cheers Simon
>
>    Simon Cropper
>    Website Administrator
>    http://gis.fossworkflowguides.com
> _______________________________________________
> Gvsig_internacional mailing list
> Gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es
> http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional