target_practice 163 Posted December 24, 2015 I've been following Jakerod's The Atlas guide, and when I attempt to import the shapefile specified in chapter 10a I get the following error: 'Loading shape - Unable to load file.. Bad Format?' Is there a way to fix this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badluckburt 78 Posted December 24, 2015 I vaguely recall someone posting about a similar problem in these forums and I believe they fixed it by importing their shapefile into Global Mapper or another program that handles them and then re-exporting it. It would be very helpful if the error gave a little more information about the 'bad format'. It's a shame they're binary files otherwise you could just export a .shp file from TB and compare it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
target_practice 163 Posted December 26, 2015 I having a lot of difficulty finding Global mapper, where can I get it (or another program which performs a similar function)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badluckburt 78 Posted December 26, 2015 Turns out Global Mapper is pretty expensive, QGis should be free, not sure about ArcGis. I never use these programs myself so I'm afraid I can't help out with using them but there should be documentation or tutorials available that'll get you started. QGis: http://www.qgis.org ArcGis: https://www.arcgis.com/features/ Global mapper: http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper.php 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
