Re: [R-sig-Geo] Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver
Dear Akos and Joe, Thank you for your kind replies and the information. I did not know about the character limit, it is easier for me to shorten the variable names. Thank you again and stay safe. Best, Milu On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 5:58 PM Bede-Fazekas Ákos wrote: > Dear Milu, > ESRI shapefile format cannot contain field names longer than 10 > characters. So you should do one of the following options: > - choose other file format when saving the data, > - rename the columns of the sf object before saving. > > HTH, > Ákos Bede-Fazekas > Hungarian Academy of Sciences > > > 2020.04.19. 17:37 keltezéssel, Miluji Sb írta: > > Greetings, > > > > i am trying to export a shapefile using the following command; > > > > st_write(weight.sf, "weight.shp, driver="ESRI Shapefile") > > > > But getting the following warning; > > > > 1: In abbreviate_shapefile_names(obj) : > >Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver > > > > The variable names have the following pattern; "weight_2010" but > > become like this "w__201". How can I preserve field/variable names? Thank > > you. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Milu > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ___ > > R-sig-Geo mailing list > > R-sig-Geo@r-project.org > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > > ___ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > R-sig-Geo@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
Re: [R-sig-Geo] Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver
Dear Milu, ESRI shapefile format cannot contain field names longer than 10 characters. So you should do one of the following options: - choose other file format when saving the data, - rename the columns of the sf object before saving. HTH, Ákos Bede-Fazekas Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2020.04.19. 17:37 keltezéssel, Miluji Sb írta: Greetings, i am trying to export a shapefile using the following command; st_write(weight.sf, "weight.shp, driver="ESRI Shapefile") But getting the following warning; 1: In abbreviate_shapefile_names(obj) : Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver The variable names have the following pattern; "weight_2010" but become like this "w__201". How can I preserve field/variable names? Thank you. Best regards, Milu [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo ___ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
Re: [R-sig-Geo] Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver
Hi Milu, It is not possible to preserve your field/variable name when creating ESRI shapefiles as the maximum length of field names is limited to 10 character. See https://community.esri.com/thread/63279 I believe the geopackage format does not have the 10 character limit, so you may want to try that. Hope it helps. Kind regards, Joseph Lewis On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 4:38 PM Miluji Sb wrote: > Greetings, > > i am trying to export a shapefile using the following command; > > st_write(weight.sf, "weight.shp, driver="ESRI Shapefile") > > But getting the following warning; > > 1: In abbreviate_shapefile_names(obj) : > Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver > > The variable names have the following pattern; "weight_2010" but > become like this "w__201". How can I preserve field/variable names? Thank > you. > > Best regards, > > Milu > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ___ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > R-sig-Geo@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
[R-sig-Geo] Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver
Greetings, i am trying to export a shapefile using the following command; st_write(weight.sf, "weight.shp, driver="ESRI Shapefile") But getting the following warning; 1: In abbreviate_shapefile_names(obj) : Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver The variable names have the following pattern; "weight_2010" but become like this "w__201". How can I preserve field/variable names? Thank you. Best regards, Milu [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
