[Gvsig_english] Problems importing a polygon grid file

[Agustín Diez Castillo]

On 03/05/2011, at 17:37, "Sal Garfi" <sal.garfi at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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 think than spatial union geoprocess can help you to transfer your DIVA attributes to your new grid.
> 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
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