Failing to convert .shp and .dbf dile to .dta format

[Tariq Abdullah]

Hello,

I'm trying to convert a gis file to .dta format. To answer a few questions: .shp and .dbf are in the same directory and there is no mistake in selecting the right directory. I used the same coding to convert other gis files before and it worked. But, for some reason it's not working. Any idea why ?

spshape2dta "Georgia.shp", replace saving(Georgia2014)
  (importing .shp file)
             st_sstore():  3300  argument out of range
      import_shp_polym():     -  function returned error
import_shp_read_shapes():     -  function returned error
import_shp_read_write_data():     -  function returned error
            import_shp():     -  function returned error
                 <istmt>:     -  function returned error
could not import .shp file
r(3300);

[William Lisowski]

Whatever the problem is, the spshape2dta command did not anticipate it, because the error message is uninformative to the end user, although perhaps not to the developer. So even if you made a mistake, this is evidence of an area that needs attention from the developers.

Since spshape2dta is part of official Stata, you should enlist the aid of Stata Technical Services, following the steps described at

https://www.stata.com/support/tech-support/

[Jared Greathouse]

Show what happens when you do

cls



copy "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2021/STATE/tl_2021_us_state.zip" "tl_2021_us_state.zip", replace


unzipfile tl_2021_us_state, replace

spshape2dta "tl_2021_us_state.shp", replace saving(US)

u US, clear

keep if _ID ==22

br

[Tariq Abdullah]

Show what happens when you do

cls



copy "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2021/STATE/tl_2021_us_state.zip" "tl_2021_us_state.zip", replace


unzipfile tl_2021_us_state, replace

spshape2dta "tl_2021_us_state.shp", replace saving(US)

u US, clear

keep if _ID ==22

br

The whole code runs on stata and this is the attached output

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[Tariq Abdullah]

Here is the attached output

[Tariq Abdullah]

Whatever the problem is, the spshape2dta command did not anticipate it, because the error message is uninformative to the end user, although perhaps not to the developer. So even if you made a mistake, this is evidence of an area that needs attention from the developers.

Since spshape2dta is part of official Stata, you should enlist the aid of Stata Technical Services, following the steps described at

https://www.stata.com/support/tech-support/

Do I need to open this file in QGIS , then I need to import the same file as .shp file to see if I can get the uncorrupted .shp file ??

[Jared Greathouse]

You don't need QGIS for anything unless you're interested in doing some particularly sexy data management with a shapefile.


But you just wanna unzip it right and make a shapefile right?