I have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
Bob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@anonymised.comet
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
I selected EPSG:4326 for projection, and went with default styling during publishing.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Bob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com06…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
Bob,
Can you preview the layer in “Layer Preview”? Are you sure the shapefile contains line features and not polygons?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:18 PM
To: jawendell@anonymised.com; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I selected EPSG:4326 for projection, and went with default styling during publishing.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Bob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
I cannot preview it in Layer Preview- neither with OpenLayers nor any other client.
I know for a fact that the input shapefile is line, not poly, unless something or somebody built polys out of it (highly unlikely). For the record, the Edit Layers shows feature type as MultiPolygon.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:32 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Bob,
Can you preview the layer in “Layer Preview”? Are you sure the shapefile contains line features and not polygons?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com06…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:18 PM
To: jawendell@anonymised.com; geoserver-users@anonymised.comsts.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I selected EPSG:4326 for projection, and went with default styling during publishing.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Bob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com06…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
I cannot preview it in Layer Preview- neither with OpenLayers nor any other client.
I know for a fact that the input shapefile is line, not poly, unless something or somebody built polys out of it (highly unlikely). For the record, the Edit Layers shows feature type as MultiPolygon.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:32 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Bob,
Can you preview the layer in “Layer Preview”? Are you sure the shapefile contains line features and not polygons?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com06…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:18 PM
To: jawendell@anonymised.com; geoserver-users@anonymised.comsts.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I selected EPSG:4326 for projection, and went with default styling during publishing.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Bob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com06…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
If the feature type is MultiPolygon, then it doesn’t seem like the shapefile contains just lines.
Jerome
From: Russ Hore [mailto:russ@anonymised.com90…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:44 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob
Cc: jawendell@anonymised.com; geoserver-users@anonymised.comrge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Can you load the shp file into QGIS for example?
Russ
On 8 Apr 2014, at 19:38, “Bistrais, Bob” <Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com> wrote:
I cannot preview it in Layer Preview- neither with OpenLayers nor any other client.
I know for a fact that the input shapefile is line, not poly, unless something or somebody built polys out of it (highly unlikely). For the record, the Edit Layers shows feature type as MultiPolygon.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:32 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonBob,
Can you preview the layer in “Layer Preview”? Are you sure the shapefile contains line features and not polygons?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:18 PM
To: jawendell@anonymised.com; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonI selected EPSG:4326 for projection, and went with default styling during publishing.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@anonymised.comrge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonBob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@anonymised.comforge.net
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonI have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
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I can load the original shapefile in QGIS and Arc, and it is a line dataset.
On the GeoServer installation, I have limited access to the server, and had the Administrator upload that shapefile for me. I had previously published it as a line layer, only in the past couple days did we find it was trying to publish as polygon. I am using this shapefile and GeoServer installation to train others on using GeoServer, so the others have been trying to publish their own layers in their own workspaces. Some were able to publish it correctly as lines, only in the past few days did we find it thinking it was poly.
From: Russ Hore [mailto:russ@…4690…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:44 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob
Cc: jawendell@…5547…; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
Can you load the shp file into QGIS for example?
Russ
On 8 Apr 2014, at 19:38, “Bistrais, Bob” <Bob.Bistrais@…6406…> wrote:
I cannot preview it in Layer Preview- neither with OpenLayers nor any other client.
I know for a fact that the input shapefile is line, not poly, unless something or somebody built polys out of it (highly unlikely). For the record, the Edit Layers shows feature type as MultiPolygon.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@…5547…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:32 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonBob,
Can you preview the layer in “Layer Preview”? Are you sure the shapefile contains line features and not polygons?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@…6406…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:18 PM
To: jawendell@…5547…; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonI selected EPSG:4326 for projection, and went with default styling during publishing.
From: Jerome A. Wendell [mailto:jawendell@…5547…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonBob,
Do you define the projection and the styling for the layer in the web administration interface when you published the layer?
Jerome Wendell
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@…6406…]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 12:29 PM
To: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygonI have a shapefile that is line features which I am trying to publish in GeoServer (2.4). When I publish it, two strange things occur-
I get the message that it cannot determine the projection, even though there is a .prj file for it. That’s no problem since I can select that manually.
The real problem is that GeoServer publishes the shapefile as polygon features. In addition, I cannot see it on screen or style it, but it is still listed as a valid layer.
How do I correct this?
Put Bad Developers to Shame
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Bistrais, Bob <Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com>wrote:
I can load the original shapefile in QGIS and Arc, and it is a line
dataset.On the GeoServer installation, I have limited access to the server, and
had the Administrator upload that shapefile for me. I had previously
published it as a line layer, only in the past couple days did we find it
was trying to publish as polygon. I am using this shapefile and GeoServer
installation to train others on using GeoServer, so the others have been
trying to publish their own layers in their own workspaces. Some were able
to publish it correctly as lines, only in the past few days did we find it
thinking it was poly.
GeoServer reads the shape type from the shapefile header, I never heard of
cases in which the type was misread (but there might be a first for
everything, of course).
If you want to show it as lines just go to into the "publish" tab and
select the "line" style instead of the polygon one.
If you can share the shapefile in question, maybe someone can have a second
look at it
Cheers
Andrea
Ing. Andrea Aime
@geowolf
Technical Lead
GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Via Poggio alle Viti 1187
55054 Massarosa (LU)
Italy
phone: +39 0584 962313
fax: +39 0584 1660272
mob: +39 339 8844549
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I did try to change the style to line, but still can’t see it.
I can share the original shapefile now, but it would make more sense to examine the one on the server. I’ll ask that server’s administrator to send it to me and will forward it.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Bistrais, Bob <Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com6406…> wrote:
I can load the original shapefile in QGIS and Arc, and it is a line dataset.
On the GeoServer installation, I have limited access to the server, and had the Administrator upload that shapefile for me. I had previously published it as a line layer, only in the past couple days did we find it was trying to publish as polygon. I am using this shapefile and GeoServer installation to train others on using GeoServer, so the others have been trying to publish their own layers in their own workspaces. Some were able to publish it correctly as lines, only in the past few days did we find it thinking it was poly.
GeoServer reads the shape type from the shapefile header, I never heard of cases in which the type was misread (but there might be a first for everything, of course).
If you want to show it as lines just go to into the “publish” tab and select the “line” style instead of the polygon one.
If you can share the shapefile in question, maybe someone can have a second look at it
Cheers
Andrea
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Ing. Andrea Aime
@geowolf
Technical Lead
GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Via Poggio alle Viti 1187
55054 Massarosa (LU)
Italy
phone: +39 0584 962313
fax: +39 0584 1660272
mob: +39 339 8844549
http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it
I looked at the shapefile- it is corrupted. It has no features, and the schema from a polygon shapefile.
I don’t know how it was corrupted, but I will have it replaced tomorrow morning, and I expect it should work. Will report back tomorrow.
From: Bistrais, Bob [mailto:Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 3:07 PM
To: Andrea Aime
Cc: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
I did try to change the style to line, but still can’t see it.
I can share the original shapefile now, but it would make more sense to examine the one on the server. I’ll ask that server’s administrator to send it to me and will forward it.
From: andrea.aime@anonymised.com [mailto:andrea.aime@anonymised.com] On Behalf Of Andrea Aime
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 3:02 PM
To: Bistrais, Bob
Cc: Russ Hore; geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Line shapefile publishes as polygon
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Bistrais, Bob <Bob.Bistrais@anonymised.com6406…> wrote:
I can load the original shapefile in QGIS and Arc, and it is a line dataset.
On the GeoServer installation, I have limited access to the server, and had the Administrator upload that shapefile for me. I had previously published it as a line layer, only in the past couple days did we find it was trying to publish as polygon. I am using this shapefile and GeoServer installation to train others on using GeoServer, so the others have been trying to publish their own layers in their own workspaces. Some were able to publish it correctly as lines, only in the past few days did we find it thinking it was poly.
GeoServer reads the shape type from the shapefile header, I never heard of cases in which the type was misread (but there might be a first for everything, of course).
If you want to show it as lines just go to into the “publish” tab and select the “line” style instead of the polygon one.
If you can share the shapefile in question, maybe someone can have a second look at it
Cheers
Andrea
–
==
Meet us at GEO Business 2014! in London! Visit http://goo.gl/fES3aK
for more information.
==
Ing. Andrea Aime
@geowolf
Technical Lead
GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Via Poggio alle Viti 1187
55054 Massarosa (LU)
Italy
phone: +39 0584 962313
fax: +39 0584 1660272
mob: +39 339 8844549
http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it