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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

When you load the file in QGIS, and open the attribute table, what do you
see? Anything?

Should be something like this

[image: Inline image 1]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Kader Irchad Barry <kaderb777@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Pamod,
>
> There are data in the .dbf files, corresponding to the names of the
> different feature members (or different entities within QGIS). I then used
> the QGIS 'save to GML' option in order to generate the .gml files, as well
> as the ogr2ogr from FWTool, but not getting the feature members merged into
> the .dbf files.
>
> @Jason: Isn't there an option for the ogr2ogr command to 'force' include
> the .dbf files when generating the .gml ones ?
>
> @Sushil: I installed the mapshaper app, but when trying to run it, I get
> this error message:
> HTTP Status 404 - /dhis-web-commons-about/
> appstore.dhis2.org/Mapshaper/index.html
>
> *type* Status report
>
> *message* */dhis-web-commons-about/appstore.dhis2.org/Mapshaper/index.html
> <http://appstore.dhis2.org/Mapshaper/index.html>*
>
> *description* *The requested resource
> (/dhis-web-commons-about/appstore.dhis2.org/Mapshaper/index.html
> <http://appstore.dhis2.org/Mapshaper/index.html>) is not available.*
>
> I'm using DHIS2 version 2.15.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kader
>
>
>
>
>
> 2014-09-26 15:36 GMT+03:00 Pamod Amarakoon <pamodm@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi Kader,
>>
>> You can open the .dbf file in QGIS to view whether you have OrgUnit names
>> displayed in attributes file in first place.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pamod
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Kader Irchad Barry <kaderb777@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> Yes, the .dbf files are in the same directory as the .shp and .shx ones.
>>> I even tried to open these .dbf files with a text editor and I can see all
>>> the information regarding the feature members inside.
>>>
>>> @Knut: I made a search on Google but couldn't find this app. Can you
>>> send us the link as asked by Adebusoye ?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Kader
>>>
>>> 2014-09-26 11:37 GMT+03:00 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Are you sure you have a DBF file attached to this shape file which
>>>> actually contains the names of the elements in the shape file? It needs to
>>>> be in the same directory as the .shp and .shx file.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Kader Irchad Barry <
>>>> kaderb777@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am following the 'Setting up GIS' chapter in order to add our
>>>>> country boundaries to DHIS2, but I am not getting in the converted GML
>>>>> files the names of the feature members as described in the manual.
>>>>>
>>>>> These info being stored in the .dbf files of the shapefiles structure,
>>>>> isn't there another step in order to merge them with the .shp files in
>>>>> order to have them described into the .gml files when using the conversion
>>>>> tool ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Below an excerpt of one gml file:
>>>>>
>>>>>  <gml:featureMember>
>>>>>     <ogr:communes fid="0">
>>>>>       <ogr:geometryProperty><gml:Polygon
>>>>> srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:outerBoundaryIs><gml:LinearRing><gml:coordinates>44.520928,-12.21365
>>>>> 44.516667,-12.213444 44.515377,-12.217299 44.508177,-12.219482
>>>>> 44.48914,-12.219355 44.483688,-12.215721 44.474738,-12.211509
>>>>> 44.474765,-12.207788 44.486503,-12.198935 44.488153,-12.194262
>>>>> 44.492306,-12.191121 44.492686,-12.188164 44.490472,-12.187333
>>>>> 44.484528,-12.18125 44.47715,-12.175736 44.473761,-12.172392
>>>>> 44.469769,-12.165611 44.466832,-12.161886 44.497145,-12.154971
>>>>> 44.500402,-12.153843 44.503083,-12.159002 44.503082,-12.162418
>>>>> 44.507053,-12.171983 44.511,-12.176615 44.513624,-12.178458
>>>>> 44.515082,-12.184026 44.517226,-12.187109 44.519828,-12.192961
>>>>> 44.517851,-12.194513 44.520828,-12.197976 44.520943,-12.201551
>>>>> 44.519115,-12.204698 44.519313,-12.209046
>>>>> 44.520928,-12.21365</gml:coordinates></gml:LinearRing></gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon></ogr:geometryProperty>
>>>>>     </ogr:communes>
>>>>>   </gml:featureMember>
>>>>>
>>>>> which shows no property holding the name of the feature members.
>>>>>
>>>>> What could be missing ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanking you in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Kader
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jason P. Pickering
>>>> email: jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> tel:+46764147049
>>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Pamod
>>
>>
>


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Jason P. Pickering
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