Also, confirm that you have the complete set of files of shapefile. You must have (at least) a .SHP, a .SHX and a .DBF with the same name.
Best regards, Alexandre Neto On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Frank Sokolic <soko...@worldonline.co.za>wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Are you using the "Add Vector Layer" command to open the shapefiles? If > not, go to the "Layer" menu and select the "Add Vector Layer" command. You > can then choose "Browse" to look for the shapefile you want to load. > > Regards, Frank. > > > On 06/01/2014 06:57, Matt_Klick wrote: > >> No luck on this yet, but thank you for your suggestion. On another >> computer, I still cannot upload shp files - instead changing them to >> nursoft (??) files. In any event, I cannot yet open a shp file using QGIS. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Akinyemi Bojerenu [via OSGeo.org] >> <[hidden email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096495&i=0>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Please extract the contents of the zip file first into a destination >> folder of choice. >> When opening a shapefile, navigate to your folder to select the >> shapefile(s). >> Hope this helps.. >> Yemi >> >> On Jan 4, 2014 9:13 AM, "Matt_Klick" <[hidden email] >> <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=0>> wrote: >> >> I'm very new to any GIS type platforms, so please forgive the >> ignorance on >> display here (and I did search for answers to this elsewhere). >> I've >> downloaded QGIS 2.0.1. I separately downloaded Tunisia >> administrative data >> from DIVA-GIS. When I open QGIS, it does not find the .zip file, >> nor any of >> the shp files. In my efforts to correct, I managed to convert >> shp files into >> pdfs. Even though I've re-installed QGIS, and deleted and >> re-downloaded >> Tunisia files, shp files are once again pdfs, and QGIS cannot >> "see" any shp >> files. Any advice, or thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, greatly >> appreciated. >> -MK >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Newbie-QGIS-won-t- >> recongize-shp-files-comp-turns-shp-files-into-pdfs-tp5096322.html >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [hidden email] >> <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=1> >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=2> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------ >> >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the >> discussion below: >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Newbie-QGIS-won-t- >> recongize-shp-files-comp-turns-shp-files-into-pdfs-tp5096322p5096323.html >> >> To unsubscribe from Newbie - QGIS won't recongize shp files, comp >> turns shp files into pdfs, click here. >> NAML >> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/template/ >> NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html% >> 21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces. >> BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace- >> nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs= >> notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails% >> 21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> View this message in context: Re: Newbie - QGIS won't recongize shp >> files, comp turns shp files into pdfs >> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Newbie-QGIS-won-t- >> recongize-shp-files-comp-turns-shp-files-into-pdfs-tp5096322p5096495.html >> > >> >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive >> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Quantum-GIS-User-f4125267.html> at >> >> Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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