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[IDV #PCW-252179]: Problem with loading custom maps into IDV v5.0 (Windows 7) in shapefile format

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  • Subject: [IDV #PCW-252179]: Problem with loading custom maps into IDV v5.0 (Windows 7) in shapefile format
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:02:50 -0600
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Unrelated to getting EUMETSAT real-time access, I have a question
> regarding adding custom map backgrounds in v5.0 IDV.
> 
> I have not had consistent results loading custom maps in shapefile
> format. The NWS county warning areas and U.S. counties seem to load and
> display ok as polygon or line shapefiles. But, one shapefile with point
> data that I created from ogr2ogr from a google kml file, which displayed
> fine in the qgis viewer/editor, would not display in IDV.
> 
> I've read recently in IDVUSERS mailing list about some problems loading
> shapefiles.
> 
> Question... does IDV load and display point shapefiles...or just
> polygons/polylines? Perhaps, my conversion from kml to shapefile had
> some issues, which may be the case.
> 

Hi Walter,
       We don't support the point shapefiles, maybe need to revisit this feature
in the near future.


Yuan
> My goal is to have point background map with soaring contest turnpoints
> and a label of a name or number. Perhaps a work around is to use the IDV
> Text (ASCII) Point Data Format and add a custom station model plot. I'd
> also like to plot airspace special use airspace polygons. For that, I'd
> need to load the appropriate shapefile.
> 
> Walt Rogers
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PCW-252179
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed