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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

You have to run the FWTools shell, not your ordinary command window.

Once you have opened that, just go to c:\Simplification:

> cd
> cd Simplification

Rremove the previously generated file:

>rm Communes.gml

Now try again:

> ogr2ogr -f GML Communes.gml Communes.shp




On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Kader Irchad Barry <kaderb777@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Yes Knut,
>
> They are the same. Attached screenshot of directory and QGIS attribute
> table.
>
> Is it because I'm running the FWTool ogr2ogr from the FWTool directory
> whereas the shapefiles are in a different dir (see 3rd screenshot) ?
>
> 2014-09-26 19:24 GMT+03:00 Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Are you sure the name of the .shp and .dbf files are exactly the same?
>>
>> 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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>>
>>
>> --
>> Knut Staring
>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>> +4791880522
>> Skype: knutstar
>> http://dhis2.org
>>
>
>


-- 
Knut Staring
Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
+4791880522
Skype: knutstar
http://dhis2.org