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[FSX] ArcGIS to vector Landclass?

Timmo

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Hi there...At this stage, im just wondering if its possible to convert vector landuse data in a shapefile/feature class into vector landclass using shp2vec....it appears possible but i cant get it to work

Ive had a go by placing GUID values from the 'Vector Shape Properties GUID' table in the GUID column of the shapefile and then just copying a single random GUID into the UUID columns (ie. all UUID values are the same regardless of land use polygon type)

I then used shp2vec which reports that it has processed the shapes but the compression statistics are all zero and the resultant bgl cannot be opened in TMFviewer....

questions:

1) Is this indeed possible? Ive heard secondhand stories of it being used in order to get around the 1.2km landclass resolution restriction.

2) What are the requirements for the UUID column? Does every shape/row have to have a unique value? or a unique value for every landclass? or doesnt it matter?

3)Are there any known problems using ArcGis 9.2? I know the latest version has broken some other things- is shp2vec one of them?


Cheers in advance- any questions, let me know
 
Hi Timmo.

There should be no problems with ArcGis 9.2

The UUID is not used in the BGL, but the field is still required for shp2vec.... so they can all be the sam sequence, or even all set to 0's.

The landuse data is most probably raster data, or point data.
You need vector area polygons.

I don't know the size of your project, but in a small area ( < 1000km2 ) you'd be better off using landclass for the greater part, and making details with specific classes using polygons... and that would best be done by using KML_Xml or SbuilderX.

Dick
 
Cheers for the help RhumbaFlappy

Im using vector polygon data and starting with a small Island (Chatham Is of New Zealand) as a test...I want to then move on and do the rest of the North Island of NZ if the results are good...the data is satellite derived LCDBII data, as a shapefile (although i tried moving to a PGDB as well with no luck) and reprojected to WGS84 (native is NZMG)

hmmm I just had a thought as to why it wasnt working too....so ill get back to you

Not much point using FSX_KML etc as I use ArcGIS everyday :)
 
Hi,

Sorry if you already know but SBuilderX can import Esri Shape files,

Kind Regards,

Luis
 
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