[AWIPS #XCZ-543179]: BETA V20 - Import GIS Shapefiles

>Yes, that is there. However there is no way that I can see to get to the 
>shapefiles stored on my hard drive and then import them to CAVE in the Virtual 
>Machine environment..

Hello,

You've got quite a few options...here are a few:

1. In the VMWare Player, you can go to Player --> Manage --> Virtual Machine 
Settings. Then click on the "Options" tab. Select "Shared Folders", select 
"Always enabled". Then Add - Browse for the directory where your shapefiles are 
on your laptop. Click next and make sure "Enable this share" and finish. This 
should mount it to /mnt/hgfs or something similar (you can do a df -h to see 
what's mounted and it should be the "vmhgfs-fuse").

2. You should be able to drag and drop a directory from your laptop to the VM

3. You can upload the file to your email/shared drive and then download it on 
the VM.

Thanks,

Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XCZ-543179
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Low
Status: Open
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