Shapefile - Nothing There?

Roger Edrinn

Brain lock.

I've attached a small shapefile which when opened by GM9 does NOT appear. Not sure if it is lines or areas but I reset the GM areas and lines to default in Configuration just to be sure nothing was incorrectly set. I also unzipped the file, still no help. Tried another shape file, which had loaded in the past, no luck.

I loaded a generic .gpx file and that did appear.

What am I doing wrong? I'm missing something very basic.

Thanks

timhoman

I've downloaded your file.
I am using GM 9.03.
The file opens and is visible.
The following data are from one of the polygons:

Name=<NO LABEL>
Feature Type=Unknown Area Type
Geometry=4696 vertices, Perimeter: 148.4 miles, Area: 1087 sq km
Map Name=MGGMU_071707.shp
OBJECTID=47
MGGMU=G17
MGGMUNAME=INDEPENCENCE PASS
MGDAU=G-17
HUNTING=YES
SHAPE_area=1.08592351995e+009
SHAPE_len=2.38789393815e+005

If you are not seeing anything... try changing your color settings from the menus:
View->Background Color...

Roger Edrinn

timhoman wrote: »

If you are not seeing anything... try changing your color settings from the menus:
View->Background Color...

Did that, Gray -> White, still can't see anything.

Thanks

global_mapper

Try going to the Vector Display tab of the Configuration dialog and make sure that you haven't disabled line or area display or any of the types in the line/area filters.

Thanks,

Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com

Roger Edrinn

global_mapper wrote: »

Try going to the Vector Display tab of the Configuration dialog and make sure that you haven't disabled line or area display or any of the types in the line/area filters.

Bingo!!! I knew it was basic and my brain lock.

Thanks Mike