[ncl-talk] shapefile problem

[Rick Brownrigg]

Hi,

Its unfortunate that the term "shapefile" gets used, because a shapefile is
actually a collection of 3 to 6 files that go hand-in-hand. Minimally,
there must be 3 files with the same base name and ".shp", ".shx", and
".dbf" suffixes. I suspect you are missing the last two, and the error
messages suggest as much (e.g., the reference to the  .SHX file). As just
FYI, th eother files that may be present in the collection will contain
other metadata, such as the cartographic projection, etc.

Hope that helps...
Rick


On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 3:25 AM Setareh Rahimi via ncl-talk <
ncl-talk at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Dear all,
> I have tried to plot a region using shapefile. However, I faced an error,
> which says shapefile cannot be opened. What would be the problem and how
> can I sort it out. Please kindly help me.and, have a look at the attached
> files, showing the script and shapefile I am using and the error.
> Best wishes,
>
> --
> S.Rahimi
>
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