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Re: [udig-users] Shape files
Hi,

other than the version you are using you also must make sure that the character set of the shapefile is correct.  The default character set of your desktop is used to interpret the shapefile unless you specify specifically the character set.  One way to check the is to open the table view and see if the columns make sense.  If they do not the character set is probably incorrect.  

A quick example of how this can happen.  

Suppose I have a shapefile that I obtained from the United States.  But I live in switzerland and use a european locale as my default locale.  The shapefile's attribute data will be interpreted as my european local and there fore the dbf will be interpreted incorrectly.  If I export the shapefile then when it is being interpretted incorrectly the dbf of the new shapefile will be very wrong.

You can change the default Charset in the preferences.  This only changes newly added shapefile.  To change a shapefile charset you can right click on the IServer of the shapefile (in the catalog view) and selection Operations>Change Charset.

Jesse 

On 7-Nov-08, at 10:29 AM, Bis Nulama wrote:

Hi!

I am working on a map and I need to draw a road on it. 
I created a new layer "roads" on the map that I am using. 
When I export the new shape file that I created and I open 
it with another software I realize that the road layer is 
not georeferenced and that the dbf table is empty! 

Can someone help me?
Is there a good udig manual that explains me how to create new shapefiles?

Thanks a lot

Laura

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